Charity Solicitor

**My client is recruiting for an experienced Charity Solicitor with 2+ years PQE to join their highly regarded and well established team in their Holborn, London office.**

Their Charities practice is encompassed within their Private Client department, and the practices of all Partners in the team include advice to Charities and their Trustees as well as advice to Private Clients generally on their Philanthropic giving andtestamentary wishes. You will be expected to assist Partners in giving this advice, alongside more general estate planning advice and the preparation of testamentary documents.

Your primary focus will be on Charity work, and on helping the firm to develop a standalone Charities practice. This will be built on our strong history of acting for a number of very large Charities, and dealing with reporting accounting and compliancefor many more.

This may include advice on inheritance tax and capital gains tax, income tax and Gift Aid issues (including potential mitigation strategies), as well as VAT and SDLT, working with the Department’s trust and tax team.

You should have a strong background in Private Client and Charity work, and a good knowledge of tax, Company and Trust law, and Charity law generally.

**The Individual**

You should have the following attributes:

- A confident, personable nature
- The ability to be proactive and reactive in addressing clients' affairs and requirements
- Strong communications skills and an ability to work as part of a team
- A track record of achieving minimum time targets and meeting regular billing requirements
- The desire and ability to keep abreast with changes in legislation and market developments
- A strong interest in the Not-for-profit sector, both in the UK and internationally, and extra-curricular experience of working with and supporting charitable endeavours is desirable