Company: Chadwick Nott
Location: Swindon
Job Description:
Overview
In this role, you will lead private client work in a respected Swindon firm and drive succession and tax advice for high net worth clients. You will supervise a team, contribute to business development, and shape the growth of the Succession & Tax practice. The position combines complex tax planning, estate administration, and trust work with leadership responsibilities. This is a pathway to partnership within a collaborative, growth‑minded firm. You will operate across the Thames Valley and Hampshire to strengthen client relationships and service delivery.
Pay / Benefits
- Hybrid working
- Private Medical Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Health cash plan
- Social and networking events
- Career progression towards partnership
Responsibilities
- Manage a varied caseload across tax planning, probate, and trusts
- Provide tax and estate planning advice to high net worth clients
- Advise farmers and business owners on succession planning
- Oversee complex probate and estate administration
- Assist in creation, restructuring and winding up of trusts
- Handle Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters
- Support and supervise junior staff
- Drive business development and contribute to growth strategy
Key requirements
- Qualified Solicitor or CILEX with higher rights
- Significant private client experience including tax and estate planning
- Experience managing complex probate and estate administration
- Knowledge of trust creation, restructuring and winding up
- Expertise in Enduring and Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection matters
- Succession planning experience with farmers and business owners (desirable)
- Leadership skills to supervise juniors
- Strong business development and client service skills
- STEP Membership or progress towards it
- leadership
- client relationship-building
- business development
- tax and estate planning
- probate and estate administration
- trust creation, restructuring and winding up
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Posted: October 10th, 2026