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Senior Associate/Legal Director- High Net Worth and International Private Client
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Key requirements
Significant experience advising on private client, tax, trust and succession planning matters Strong technical capability and the ability to deliver clear, pragmatic advice on complex legal and tax issues Experience leading substantial client matters and managing multiple stakeholders across often complex and multi-jurisdictional projects The ability to build trusted adviser relationships with clients, professional contacts and referral sources
The role
Irwin Mitchell is seeking a Senior Associate/Legal Director for its High Net Worth and International Private Client team in London, United Kingdom. This role involves advising HNW and UHNW individuals, families, and businesses on complex international tax, succession, and wealth management matters.
What you'll do
- Lead on complex and high-value matters
- Act as a trusted adviser to an impressive client base
- Build strong relationships with intermediaries and referral networks
- Collaborate closely with partners and colleagues across the firm
- Deliver strategic solutions for clients with sophisticated and often international requirements
- Supervise and mentor junior lawyers
- Share technical knowledge
- Contribute to thought leadership
- Support business development initiatives
- Help identify opportunities for innovation and growth
What we're looking for
Significant experience advising on private client, tax, trust and succession planning matters
Strong technical capability and the ability to deliver clear, pragmatic advice on complex legal and tax issues
Experience leading substantial client matters and managing multiple stakeholders across often complex and multi-jurisdictional projects
The ability to build trusted adviser relationships with clients, professional contacts and referral sources
A track record of developing and maintaining strong internal and external networks
Experience supervising, mentoring or developing junior lawyers and contributing to a collaborative, high-performing team culture
Commercial awareness and an understanding of profitability, pricing, matter management and the importance of delivering value to clients
A proactive approach to business development, including networking, profile raising, thought leadership and identifying opportunities to grow client relationships and win new work
Strong judgement, risk awareness and an ability to balance technical excellence with commercial and practical outcomes
Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to engage effectively with sophisticated clients, advisers and senior stakeholders
Benefits
25 days holidays as standard plus bank holidays
Option to buy up to 35 hours of extra holiday
Generous and flexible pension schemes
Two paid volunteering days per year for a cause of your choice
Westfield Health membership, offering refunds on medical services
Aviva Digital GP services
Wide range of well-being initiatives to encourage positive mental health
Flexible by Choice programme offering more choice over a hybrid way of working subject to role, team and client requirements
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Senior Associate/Legal Director- High Net Worth and International Private Client
Irwin Mitchell · London
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