Sr Associate/Legal Director/Partner-Succession & Tax-Swindon

Overview

In this role, you join the private client team in Swindon to support high net worth clients with tax and estate planning, trust structuring, and probate matters. You will work with senior colleagues to expand the firm’s Swindon offering while maintaining autonomy to develop your own practice area. The position emphasizes leadership, business development, and building strong client relationships within a flexible, family-friendly culture. You will tackle complex cases and contribute to strategic growth of the office, delivering high-quality private client services at scale.

Pay / Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Health cash plan
• Hybrid working
• Generous holiday allowance
• Tailored benefits to support personal and family needs

Responsibilities

• Supervise and mentor junior lawyers and support staff
• Manage a varied and complex caseload
• Build strong relationships with clients, referrers and professional contacts
• Lead and contribute to business development initiatives
• Write thought leadership and BD articles
• Support the strategic growth of the Swindon office

Key requirements

• Experience in Court of Protection
• Experience with LPAs
• Experience with Trusts
• Experience with complex estate planning
• Experience with probate and estate administration
• Experience with high-net-worth clients, business owners and complex estates
• Strong BD skills and market visibility
• Ability to hit the ground running and support a growing regional presence
• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Collaborative, proactive and empowering approach
• STEP membership (advantageous)
• CILEX lawyers including cross qualified candidates

• collaborative
• proactive
• leadership
• Court of Protection
• LPAs
• Trusts

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