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

Overview

In this role you will support a top-tier private client team in Bristol, focusing on international tax and trusts for high-net-worth individuals and families. You will work on cross-border estates, structuring trusts, and complex succession planning, collaborating with senior advisers on high-value matters. The role offers exposure to sophisticated international work and a clear path to develop specialist expertise. You will operate within a collaborative, ambitious culture that prioritizes client service and technical excellence. This is an opportunity to shape international private client outcomes at a highly regarded firm.

Pay / Benefits

• High quality, stimulating and challenging international work
• Hybrid and flexible working options
• Collaborative, ambitious and supportive environment
• Investors in People – Platinum accreditation
• Best Law Firm to Work At (five consecutive years)

Responsibilities

• Advise on UK statutory residence, long-term residence and tax regimes for private clients
• Create, structure, and UK-tax trusts and family investment companies
• Manage cross-border estates, draft Wills, and advise on succession and governance
• Provide complex tax and succession planning for international affairs
• Collaborate with senior advisers and partners on high-value matters

Key requirements

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

• excellent interpersonal skills
• collaborative approach
• commercial awareness
• international tax
• succession planning
• trusts

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