Associate/Senior Associate – Private Wealth

Foot Anstey; Exeter; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK law firm is seeking an Associate/Senior Associate for its Private Wealth team in Exeter. The role involves managing client relationships, providing tailored legal solutions, and advising on estate planning and trusts. Ideal candidates should have experience in private client law and excellent communication skills. The position offers hybrid working arrangements and focuses on professional development and team collaboration, making it an exciting opportunity for legal professionals looking to thrive.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Performance-linked bonus

Enhanced parental leave policies

Private healthcare

Flexible working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in private client or private wealth law is essential.
• A STEP qualification is desirable.
• Excellent communication is vital for building relationships.

Responsibilities

• Advise on private client matters including wills and probate.
• Manage complex probate and estate administration matters.
• Collaborate with colleagues across firm departments.

Skills

Experience in private client or private wealth law

Excellent communication skills

Collaborative mindset

Education

STEP qualification (or working towards it)

Job description

Job Title: Associate/Senior Associate – Private Wealth

Ready to take your career to the next level? This is an exciting opportunity to join our highly regarded Private Wealth team advising individuals, families, and their advisors on a wide range of private client work. You will work on high‑value matters including estate and succession planning, trusts, tax structuring, probate and wealth preservation.

We’re one of the UK's most forward‑thinking law firms, built on a foundation of innovation, collaboration and ambition. Join us and let’s shape the future together.

The role in 60 seconds

• Role: Associate/Senior Associate (or equivalent qualification/experience)
• Group: Charities & Private Wealth
• Location: Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Manchester with hybrid working arrangements available.
• Working Pattern: Full‑time or Part‑time

Why this role matters: You will play a central role in managing client relationships by delivering tailored legal solutions and contributing to the strategic growth of our Private Wealth practice. Whether you are advising entrepreneurs, landowners, family‑owned businesses or international clients, you will be part of a collaborative team that delivers clear and commercially focused advice.

What you'll do

• Advise on a broad range of private client matters including wills, probate, LPA's and more.
• Support and/or manage complex probate and estate administration matters.
• Collaborate with colleagues across the firm to deliver integrated advice – particularly in tax, real estate and/or corporate departments.
• Depending on your experience level, you will supervise, mentor junior lawyers and contribute to the growth of the team.
• Play an active role in business development and networking to enhance your profile and the firm’s presence in the region.

What we’re looking for

• Experience in private client or private wealth law.
• A STEP qualification (or working towards it) is desirable.
• A commercial and pragmatic approach to client service.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build trusted, long‑term relationships.
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for mentoring and team development.

Join a seriously ambitious firm

• An ambitious growth strategy that opens up opportunities for our people to make their mark.
• A client base that spans household names, thriving start‑ups and ambitious enterprises.
• A culture built on our values of being refreshingly human, entrepreneurial, inclusive and collaborative.
• A strong focus on being a responsible business with a commitment to sustainability and giving back to our communities.
• Comprehensive professional development and training – whatever your role and level we have training that will support you to achieve your goals.

Progressive benefits tailored to you

• Competitive salary and performance‑linked bonus.
• Enhanced parental leave policies.
• Private healthcare and wellbeing initiatives (e.g. mental health support, gym memberships).
• A modern, flexible working environment.

Ready to apply?

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Send us your CV and a quick note on why this role is perfect for you. Our team will review your application and be in touch, whatever the outcome.

Invited for interview?

With a straightforward process typically involving two interviews, our talent acquisition team will guide you through every step, ensuring you feel confident and prepared to show us what you can do.

We’re happy to accommodate any adaptations or adjustments you require. Prior to your interview, we will contact you to discuss the themes we’ll cover and answer any questions you might have.

If you’d like to visit our offices ahead of time or need any further information, just let us know.

Our offer to you

In return for your efforts, you will have scope for personal as well as professional development. We encourage people to engage with our coaching and mentoring programmes, which connect you to people across the firm and at every level. We create space for mental and physical wellbeing with our weekly Lifestyle Hour, and offer market‑leading family‑friendly policies, including a fertility support package, health cash plan, 28 days annual leave, a day off for your birthday, and a sabbatical you can take every five years.

You can buy holiday and manage your benefits flexibly using our sophisticated portal to configure your total reward offer according to what you value most. As part of this, you can make ongoing or one‑off donations to our charitable foundation and access our CSR programme where you can engage with community initiatives twice a year.

Why Foot Anstey?

As one of the UK’s fastest growing law firms, Foot Anstey believes in helping our clients and people achieve their ambitions, unlocking new and exciting opportunities. Our team of business and legal advisors is motivated by understanding clients’ goals and collaborating with them and other advisers to deliver solutions. By becoming our clients’ most trusted advisor, we enable them to achieve their ambitions. Our values define how we act with our clients and each other every day, and because of these we think our culture and environment set us apart.

Over our history we’ve grown from a high‑street firm to a significant regional and national player working with leading brands and individuals predominantly across six key sectors: Private Equity, Retail & Consumer, Energy & Infrastructure, Islamic Finance, Developers and Private Wealth. Our strategy of gaining market share through meeting clients’ needs, investing in and developing high‑quality talent and using technology and innovation to enhance our services has led to significant growth. We now operate from seven locations: Truro, Plymouth, Exeter, Taunton, Bristol, Southampton and London.

Our people are central to our success, in every part of the business. We actively support our employees to achieve their aspirations through offering meaningful careers with balanced rewards. We provide continual opportunities for support and professional development through our Business Skills Academy and Digital Skills Academy, and believe in empowering each other to achieve and to create a progressive and inclusive working environment.

Being forward‑thinking, we are open to discussing flexible working patterns for all of our vacancies, with over 40% of our existing employees having a permanent flexible working pattern. In addition, our impressive suite of flexible benefits will enable you to prioritise what matters most to you.

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is integral to delivering our strategy, and we were delighted to be awarded the National Equality Standard for a second time in 2021. We consider this at the heart of our priorities and it goes way beyond our policies – it is something we consider across everything we do.

We actively encourage applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any characteristics protected by law. If you apply for this role you may be asked to answer our diversity and social mobility monitoring questions, which will remain anonymous and confidential and will in no way impact your application.

Foot Anstey. Powering Your Ambition.