An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Private Client Solicitor to join my clients team in their Reading, Berkshire offices on a hybrid basis.

This senior role sits within the Private Wealth team and is ideal for someone who thrives on technical work and wants to contribute to the strategic growth of a high-performing practice.

The position centres on sophisticated tax and estate planning, including cross-border structures, multi-jurisdictional estates and complex and high-value family wealth arrangements. You will work closely with senior colleagues on advanced planning matters while also helping to drive business development initiatives and strengthen the team’s market presence.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Advising on complex estate and tax planning for High-Net-Worth individuals, business owners and internationally mobile clients

• Developing inheritance tax strategies and succession planning solutions for families with multi-jurisdictional assets

• Drafting wills, LPAs, trust documentation and related private client instruments

• Structuring, creating and administering trusts, including those with cross-border elements

• Supporting senior lawyers on advanced tax and estate planning projects, including international planning and restructuring

• Advising family-owned businesses on succession planning, governance structures and long-term wealth preservation

• Developing tax-efficient strategies for the transfer of business interests, including reliefs such as Business Property Relief and related planning

• Working with corporate and commercial colleagues on the private-client aspects of business restructures, shareholder arrangements and exit planning

Skills, Attributes & Experience:

• Significant experience across Wills, trusts, tax and broader Private Client advisory work

• Strong technical grounding in estate and tax planning, particularly for High-Net-Worth and cross-border clients

• Confidence handling complex matters independently, including multi-jurisdictional planning

• Experience advising family business owners on succession, governance and the taxation of business assets

• Strong understanding of Business Property Relief, Capital Gains Tax planning and the tax implications of transferring business interests

• Ability to navigate the interplay between corporate structures and personal estate planning for entrepreneurial and multi-generational families

• STEP and/or CTA qualifications preferred

• Excellent drafting, analytical and communication skills

• A meticulous, organised and methodical approach

• Commercial awareness and the ability to apply legal knowledge pragmatically

• Experience supervising junior colleagues

• A proactive approach to business development and profile-raising

Should you have any questions or wish to apply please do not hesitate to contact Clear Legal and Financial Recruitment.

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