Associate Solicitor – Agriculture & Landed Estates – Devizes – Devizes

Chadwick Nott; Devizes; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Chadwick Nott is assisting a well regarded law firm in Devizes to appoint an Associate Solicitor with 5+ years PQE to join the Agriculture & Landed Estates team. The role offers hybrid working and a challenging, technical caseload focused on tax-efficient private client matters.

You'll handle tax planning, wills, probate, lasting powers of attorney, and trust work with autonomy and client focus, developing complex strategies for agricultural clients and landed estates.

Qualifications

• 5+ years PQE in private client work
• Strong expertise in inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning
• Experience advising on trusts and tax efficient structures
• Excellent communication and client care skills
• Confidence managing complex matters independently
• High attention to detail and strong technical drafting ability
• A proactive, organised, and motivated approach
• A genuine passion for tax planning and long term estate strategy
• Experience working with agricultural clients or landed estates is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Tax and tax efficient Wills
• Probate and estate administration
• Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Lifetime tax planning
• Court of Protection matters
• IPFD claims
• Trust creation, administration, and restructuring
• Autonomy to run matters with minimal supervision, leveraging inheritance tax and capital gains knowledge.

Skills

Private client

Tax planning

Inheritance tax

Capital gains tax

Trusts

Job description

Associate Solicitor – Agriculture & Landed Estates – 5+ Years PQE – Devizes
Type of Role: Permanent, Full-time (with some hybrid flexibility)
Salary: £55,000 to £75,000 (depending on experience)

A well regarded law firm is seeking an Associate Solicitor with 5+ years’ post qualification experience to join its expanding Agriculture & Landed Estates team. This is an excellent opportunity for a specialist private client lawyer with strong tax expertise to work within a high performing, supportive environment handling complex and rewarding matters.

The Role

You’ll be responsible for managing a varied and technical caseload, including:

• Tax and tax efficient Wills
• Probate and estate administration
• Lasting Powers of Attorney
• Lifetime tax planning
• Court of Protection matters
• IPFD claims
• Trust creation, administration, and restructuring
• At this level, you will be given autonomy to run matters with minimal supervision, drawing on your in depth knowledge of inheritance tax, capital gains tax, and tax efficient planning strategies.

Candidate Requirements

This role is suited to a qualified solicitor with:

• 5+ years PQE in private client work
• Strong expertise in inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning
• Experience advising on trusts and tax efficient structures
• Excellent communication and client care skills
• Confidence managing complex matters independently
• High attention to detail and strong technical drafting ability
• A proactive, organised, and motivated approach
• A genuine passion for tax planning and long term estate strategy
• Experience working with agricultural clients or landed estates is advantageous but not essential.

Benefits

The firm offers:

• A supportive and intellectually stimulating work environment
• High quality, interesting work with long standing clients
• Clear career progression pathways
• Recognition for technical excellence and client service
• Hybrid working arrangements where possible

The firm is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. Adjustments to the recruitment process can be made to support individual needs.

*At Chadwick Nott, we are committed to developing a diverse and inclusive culture as well as supporting our large client network achieve the same. We are an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications of all qualified candidates regardless of their age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, disability, culture or anything other personal characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity in the workplace. Where a level of experience is indicated, please note that this is only a guideline.*

Job Tenure: Permanent and Full-Time
Salary: £55000 – £75000 per annum
Location: Devizes, Wiltshire