Tax and Trusts Solicitor

Trusts & Tax Solicitor

Role: Full-time, permanent

Flexible location | Hybrid working

Salary: DOE

A well-established, award-winning law firm is recruiting for an experienced Trusts and Tax Specialist to join its high-performing Private Client team. This is a full-time permanent role offering flexibility on location, hybrid working options and the opportunity to play a key role within a respected and growing private client practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for a technically strong private client lawyer with a focus on trusts and tax who is looking to work within a collaborative, forward-thinking environment with genuine scope for progression.

The role

You will work closely with partners and senior colleagues, assisting on and managing a varied caseload of trust and tax matters. You will be an integral part of the team, delivering high-quality advice, supporting business development and contributing to the continued growth of the trusts offering.

Key responsibilities:

• Managing trust settlements, trust administration and associated tax advice

• Drafting trust documentation and advising throughout the trust lifecycle

• Delivering work commercially and with minimal supervision

• Building and maintaining strong client relationships

• Supporting business development and profile-raising activity

• Contributing to team growth and mentoring junior colleagues where appropriate

Some travel and occasional out-of-hours working may be required for meetings, training and business development.

The candidate

You will be a qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with solid private client experience, ideally with at least three years’ post-qualification experience. While the role is trust and tax focused, a good working knowledge of wider private client matters is essential.

You will be able to demonstrate:

• Strong technical experience in trusts and private client work

• Practical experience drafting and administering trusts, including tax advice

• Excellent communication and client-handling skills

• A proactive, commercial approach

• Experience supporting business development activity

• Confidence using case management systems and Microsoft Office

• Leadership capability or an interest in helping grow a specialist trusts practice

Personal attributes

• A collaborative, hands-on team player

• Well organised with the ability to manage competing priorities

• Calm, analytical and solutions-focused

• Confident and professional with clients and stakeholders

• High levels of integrity and professionalism

Package

The firm offers a highly competitive remuneration package and a strong benefits offering, including:

• Enhanced annual leave plus bank holidays

• Additional leave for your birthday

• Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period

• Private medical insurance and healthcare cash-back options

• Enhanced employer-matched pension

• Option to buy additional annual leave

• Group life assurance

• Ongoing training and clear progression opportunities

Contact Stan @ Simpson Judge on 07585 152683 or stanley.wilson@simpsonjudge.co.uk