Private Client Associate

"Osborne Clarke has a genuinely national and international practice."- Chambers & Partners_ We are looking for an Associate to join our Private Client team in either Bristol or London. Working alongside three highly experienced Partners, you will have access to high quality work advising international families and the leaders of the national and international businesses that form our key client base. In addition, you will play an important role in developing our practice through focused business development activities. You will be joining a successful firm with a collegiate and supportive culture, which makes it a rewarding place to work. **The practice** Our thriving private client practice acts for High-Net-Worth/Ultra-High-Net-Worth clients across the full spectrum of private wealth issues, including: - UK tax and estate planning: We advise on the establishment of lifetime trusts, particularly using business assets, tax efficient Wills, family investment companies, as well as on charity matters. For our entrepreneurial clients, we advise on a wide range of succession issues, as well as tax efficient business exits. - International clients: We regularly advise clients on moving to the UK, including on how to structure their affairs to manage the resulting UK tax exposure. We also help them with cross-border estate planning and the establishment of offshore trusts/asset holding structures. - Trust and estate administration: We advise trustees in the UK and offshore on a range of trust law matters. We also act in the administration of high-value UK trusts and estates. We have an impressive client base of entrepreneurs and international families. In keeping with Osborne Clarke's reputation for acting for some of the UK's leading businesses and global corporates, we are regularly called on to assist the owners/CEOs of those businesses with their tax structuring and estate planning. In addition, we have established a reputation as a 'go-to' firm for US related private client matters. Our US offices in Silicon Valley and New York enable us to tap into a significant client base in those regions, particularly those in the technology sector. Our private client team also has in-depth knowledge of the establishment and management of charities, which is a growing area within the practice. We act closely with Osborne Clarke's immigration, corporate, private equity and property teams, enabling us to advise our clients on all aspects of settling and investing in the UK. Our private client team forms part of the firm's Tax Group, giving it the expertise to advise on all forms of UK taxation. Find more about our Private Client practice using this link: **The team** Stuart Janaway, Andrew Goodman and Patrick Wooddisse each have over 20 years' experience in the Private Client market, and have a reputation for excellence in both expertise and service. Stuart and Andrew are based in London and Patrick, who joined this year, in Bristol. Please use the link below to find out more about the partners: Stuart Janaway - Osborne Clarke | Osborne Clarke Andrew Goodman - Osborne Clarke | Osborne Clarke Patrick Wooddisse - Osborne Clarke | Osborne Clarke In addition to our dedicated UK private client team, we can also call on private client and tax expertise throughout our European office network, enabling us to advise on international as well as domestic tax issues. **Technical skills and experience** You will have demonstrable technical expertise commensurate with your level of qualification, coupled with experience of both UK and offshore private client work. You will be able to advise on estate planning, personal tax issues and trusts in a UK and international context for high net worth individuals. **Your career development** Like all our lawyers, you will benefit from our multi-award winning career development programme. At each stage of your career this provides you with: - clear expectations of your role and what it takes to progress - high quality clients and work, with early responsibility and client exposure - thorough assessment and individual feedback from a range of experienced colleagues - robust technical training with early skills based development, increasingly tailored to you - reward for your contribution, progression and potential, rather than PQE or tenure **Salary and benefits** We offer competitive salaries and generous benefits. **For more information or to apply** - At _Osborne Clarke_ we value difference and encourage applicants from all social backgrounds, ethnicities, disabilities, gender identities, and sexual or romantic orientations. We want everyone to feel that OC is a place where you can be yourself and where you belong, and our range of interest groups and diversity networks - not to mention our great teams - are a part of making that a reality._ - We support working families via a range of family and caring friendly policies and will accommodate flexible working where we can.