Private Client Boutique
Contentious Wills & Estates
Senior Associate 7+PQE
Oxford

A leading Private Client Boutique is looking for a senior contentious private client solicitor to join their team in London.

The firm advise on estate planning and administration, charitable planning and tax matters, as well as being highly experienced in advising on contested trusts and estates. The team is made up of seven partners, and 5 associates.
As part of the Contentious Wills & Estates team, you will be advising high net worth and high profile individuals as well as trustees, not for profit organisations and charities, advising on all types of contentious probate matters, including trust disputes, will challenges and inheritance tax claims. The team also advise on property disputes arising from estates such as proprietary estoppel and Trust of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act.

This is an excellent opportunity to gain exposure to high value contentious private client work, within a busy and growing team, learning from experts in their relative fields.

To be successful in your application, you will:

• Be a qualified solicitor with at least 7 years of experience.
• Have experience working in a Contentious Private Client team.
• Have a portable client following.
• Be ambitious and self-motivated.
• Have excellent client relationship skills and be effective at communication.
• Be a collaborative team player who fits in with a collegiate and hard-working team.

Please apply as directed or confidentially contact Aidan McAvinue at Search Legal for more information. Alternatively, if this role is not for you, I am working on a variety of other private client opportunities with ranked teams in Oxford so would be interested to talk to any private client lawyer.