We are seeking an Associate to join our Private Client team in Edinburgh. Our team, led by Roddy Harrison, offers a range of services including executry administration, succession planning, tax advice, and trust work.
The role will involve managing a portfolio of clients in areas such as trusts, high-net-worth or cross-border executries, all areas of tax planning and planning for family business clients. In particular, we would be looking for the candidate to support SJ Macdonald with contentious private client work and complex trust matters. This would include challenges to wills, beneficiary disagreements, and legal rights claims (often with partnership or company disputes) as well as an array of trust problems.
It is expected that the candidate will have experience in dealing with tax and trusts above a basic knowledge to be able to manage their own workload, assist the partners and to support and train more junior members of the team. This will include being STEP qualified (or on the way to full qualification) or being ATT or CTA qualified (or on the way to full qualification). We are keen to support people in additional qualifications from STEP and membership, as WJM is a Platinum Employer Partner.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to advance your career, develop your skills in these areas, and to work with a great team in a friendly, supportive and client-focused environment.
The successful candidate will be someone who is comfortable with managing a variety of work and who is interested in helping our clients to achieve their aims for themselves, their families, and their businesses. They must be comfortable meeting new people, networking, and supporting business development and be adaptable to our unique approach to client centricity which truly puts the client at the heart of our business.
If you have the experience and attributes described, are commercially and client-focused, can provide excellent technical service and deliver on time, this is a great opportunity to become a key part of our growing team.
You will also be expected to participate fully in the business development activities of the team and the firm, and will be required to show a grasp of the financial disciplines required of a solicitor at your level.
If you have the skills and experience described above and are interested in this opportunity, please apply without delay. Please send your CV to the HR department at recruitment@wjm.co.uk quoting reference PCE01/24.
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