International Private Client (Tax & Trusts) Associate

Burges Salmon LLP; Newmarket; Hybrid; CAD 159,774 - 244,361; Full time

Job summary

Burges Salmon LLP’s private client team advises high-net-worth clients on international tax and succession planning, including trusts, foundations and cross-border estates. The role involves working with wealth managers, family offices and private banks to deliver high-quality, compliant advice.

The firm supports flexible, full-time or part-time patterns and a hybrid working model, with a commitment to inclusion and professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience handling international tax and succession planning for high-net-worth individuals.
• Ability to manage a complex and varied workload with strong interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to lead others and develop their skills.
• Knowledge of UK trusts, estates, and cross-border tax considerations.

Responsibilities

• Advise high and ultra-high-net-worth clients on international tax and succession matters.
• Draft wills and advise on family governance and estates.
• Collaborate with private client teams on cross-border structures and trust arrangements.

Skills

International tax

Trusts

Succession planning

Client advisory

Team leadership

Cross-border

Job description

Are you looking for high-quality, stimulating and challenging work and the opportunity to use your specialist expertise? Do you want to join a team that brings fresh ideas and perspectives to everything it does, without ever compromising on quality?

The Team

Join one of the UK's leading private client teams, recognised for its strength, scale and range of international work.

Ranked top-tier by Chambers, the team offers the opportunity to work on the highest quality of advice and with an outstanding calibre of clients.

You’ll learn from industry leading tax advisers including John Barnett and Suzanna Harvey

What Others Say…

"The team's tax and legal knowledge in respect of trusts and succession planning is outstanding. They also have the ability to explain the complex in an understandable way."

(Legal 500 2025)

What You’ll Be Doing

You’ll advise a range of clients including high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, international families, business owners, family offices, landed estates, private banks, wealth managers and trust companies.

You’ll work on high-value, complex succession and tax planning matters, for clients with international affairs. The range of work might typically include advising on the UK statutory residence test, the long-term residence and FIG regimes, the creation and ongoing UK taxation of trusts and family investment companies, cross-border estates including drafting Wills and advice on family succession and governance.

The Firm

Our working environment is professional yet progressive, where quality of work and quality of life go hand-in-hand. Guided by what our people tell us matters most, our EVP is built around helping people grow, creating lasting impact, making every voice heard and owning challenges together. It’s this ambitious, collaborative and people-focused approach that attracts some of the best legal minds in the industry — and it’s why our people love working here.

We are proud to have received an Investors in People - Platinum Accreditation and have been voted ‘Best Law Firm to Work At' by Roll on Friday for the fifth consecutive year

And did you know our hybrid working model offers flexible working options too?

We're open to flexible, full-time or part-time working patterns and welcome applications from all backgrounds. As a Disability Confident employer we provide a fully accessible recruitment process.

What You’ll Need

• Relevant experience working on international tax and succession planning matters for high-net worth individuals and their related structures
• Be a strong team player, with excellent interpersonal skills
• Able to manage a complex and varied workload effectively
• Be self-motivated and willing to learn
• Experience of leading others to develop their skills and knowledge
• Must be a SRA or Law Society of Scotland registered lawyer
• STEP qualification desirable