Real Estate Tax Associate Director

Overview

In this Associate Director role within Real Estate Tax, you drive high-quality tax advisory for real estate clients and help shape multi-jurisdictional transactions. You’ll mentor junior colleagues, nurture client relationships, and lead key projects with senior partners. You’ll work on large-scale real estate and infrastructure deals, including fund structuring and cross-border due diligence. The role offers rapid progression with a culture that values inclusion, balance, and meaningful impact. You’ll contribute to the firm’s growth by delivering strategic tax insight for notable clients in a dynamic market.

Pay / Benefits

• flexible working options
• focus on work-life balance
• secondments
• fundraising for local charities
• investing in entrepreneurs in developing world
• inclusive culture

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver tax advisory on high-profile real estate and infrastructure transactions
• Mentor and develop junior team members and support career progression
• Manage client relationships and lead front-line interactions with Partners and Directors
• Oversee and contribute to business development initiatives and proposals
• Provide tax structuring, due diligence, and compliance guidance for property-related transactions
• Set up property funds including UK Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and related structures
• Collaborate with Real Estate and broader Tax teams to ensure high-quality outputs
• Manage multi-jurisdictional projects with significant deal scales (60m–1bn+)

Key requirements

• ACA / ACCA / CTA qualified or equivalent
• UK corporate tax experience, preferably in Real Estate
• Experience monitoring juniors and coaching/career development
• Desirable: UK Real Estate market experience and business development experience with key accounts
• Experience working with Partners and Directors to build relationships

• collaborative mindset
• leadership and coaching
• client-focused communication
• Tax structuring for property transactions
• International tax advice and cross-border due diligence
• Tax compliance for ongoing statutory obligations

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