Senior Associate

Boodle Hatfield LLP is a highly successful London law firm with a heritage spanning almost 300 years advising wealthy families, property investors, landed estates, entrepreneurs and family businesses. Today, much of our work has an international dimension as many internationally mobile clients turn to us to help them structure and preserve their wealth or to advise them on their property investments and business activities in the UK. 

The Firm operates through five departments - private wealth, property, corporate, litigation and family – and has a strong focus on key sectors including Arts and Luxury assets; Middle East, Family Offices, Family Businesses and Entrepreneurs from offices in London (Bankside and Mayfair) and Oxford. 

We have a modern and agile approach which enables us to balance maintaining long standing relationships with clients and an entrepreneurial attitude to attracting new clients.

Boodle Hatfield is recognised as being one of the leading Private Client firms in the country.  We have a long history of advising private clients, both UK and international, and this is a core part of our business.  The Private Client and Tax Department advises clients with a diverse asset base, including international businesses, luxury assets (art, yachts, aircraft and classic cars) and traditional landed estates.  We specialise in giving proactive estate planning, trusts, commercial and wealth protection advice that helps our clients preserve and enhance their wealth, whilst also ensuring compliance and reputational integrity.  Our focus is on providing a very personal service to clients with complex needs.

As a result of continued growth we are looking for a bright, motivated and enthusiastic Senior Associate to join our London office and be part of a friendly, busy and highly successful team.  We seek candidates who have trained at reputable City or West End Firms who have 5 or more years of experience in a private client or tax department. 

Your experience must include advice on UK taxation, particularly for non-UK domiciled clients and international families. You should have experience in advising on complex wealth holding and family office structures and associated tax issues. Any knowledge and experience of trusts and wealth structures in other jurisdictions in both common or case law is preferable.

The successful candidate would join the firm in a key role to work in a growing practice, where they would be expected to lead and supervise matters. The firm would support this individual with growth of business and practice.

• Excellent academics, minimum 2.1 and A,B, B at A Level
• Strong technical skills and an ability to explain complex taxation matters in an accessible way
• Team player
• Excellent communication skills
• A proactive self-starter with plenty of drive and initiative
• Ability to run sizeable projects
• Ambitious, with a commitment to develop technical skills and the profile of the international team as a whole
• Preferably, STEP membership

Boodle Hatfield is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment through its inclusive and supportive environment. This means that everyone who either applies to or works for the Firm is treated equally, whatever their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.  We are fully committed to a working environment in which all people can excel.