Associate-International Private Client (Tax & Trusts)-Bristol

Overview

You will join a top-tier UK private client team focused on international and cross-border work for high net worth clients. In this role you help manage complex private client matters, including international tax, trusts, and succession planning, with access to senior advisers and partners. The work involves cross-border estates, governance, and bespoke structuring for UHNW families and family offices. You will operate in a collaborative, development-oriented environment that values rigorous technical expertise and client impact. This is an opportunity to develop specialist international private client expertise in a renowned firm.

Pay / Benefits

• Hybrid working
• Flexible working options
• Investors in People – Platinum
• Best Law Firm to Work At (awards)
• Strong development investment
• Collaborative environment

Responsibilities

• Advise on UK statutory residence, long-term residence, and regime specifics
• Structure and tax the creation of trusts and family investment companies
• Handle cross-border estates, including drafting Wills and governance guidance
• Provide complex tax and succession planning for clients with international affairs
• Collaborate with senior advisers and partners on high-value, technically challenging matters

Key requirements

• 4+ years’ PQE (SRA or Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer)
• Strong experience advising on international tax and succession planning
• Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative approach
• Ability to manage a complex and varied workload
• Self-motivation, commercial awareness and willingness to learn
• Experience supervising or developing junior colleagues
• STEP qualification (desirable but not essential)

• Collaborative mindset
• Strong client communication
• Commercial awareness
• International tax
• Trusts and succession planning
• Cross-border estate planning

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