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 and 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 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 3 - 5 years of experience in a private client or tax department. Your experience must include advice on UK taxation, particularly matters with a cross-border and international element, as well as complex wealth holding and family office structures. Any knowledge and experience of trusts and wealth structures in other jurisdictions in both common or case law is preferable.

The successful candidate will advise on the full spectrum of tax planning for ultra high net worth individuals and trustees, family offices, landed estates, family businesses, entrepreneurs and resident/non-resident and domiciled/non-domiciled clients.

• Excellent academics, minimum 2.1 and A,B, B at A Level
• Strong technical skills on taxation matters
• Team player
• Excellent communication skills
• A proactive self-starter with plenty of drive and initiative
• 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.