Director, Private Client Tax

We have a new opportunity for a Legal Director or ambitious Senior Associate to join our growing Succession & Tax team in London. The role will ideally suit a STEP qualified Private Client solicitor with strong commercial success within the Succession and Tax specialism, and a desire to be an influential part of an established and successful team. Private Client is a highly regarded and successful Business Group within Blake Morgan, comprising its Succession & Tax and Family Practice Groups and generating fees of £6.We are listed as one of the UK's top private client law firms by eprivateclient and are the only law firm to appear in the Inclusive Top 50 Employers Index; This ethos resonates through the way we work with our clients, our collegiate culture and our flexible and hybrid working practices. Our encouragement of a decent work/life balance and complimentary interests will help you towards a strong long-term profile with the firm. The successful applicant will be required to deal with Wills and Probate matters as well as other Private Client work. Estate planning (including lifetime and post-death planning), to cover advice on inheritance tax, capital gains tax and income tax and the creation of lifetime trusts • Providing trust advice particularly around setting up, management and administration with reference to the firm's dedicated Trust Administration team. You’ll have a broader aspiration to become involved in the overall management of the team and the wider Succession & Tax Practice Group. We offer standard hybrid working practices split between home working and office locations – and there is additional scope for individuals to spend their time between our London and regional offices.