Corporate Tax lawyer 1+ years’ PQE LONDON

Farrar Levin Legal Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal recruitment firm is seeking a Corporate Tax lawyer with a minimum of 1 year PQE to join a corporate tax team in London. The role involves advising clients on business and investment structuring, with a focus on UK tax law. Candidates should have experience providing UK corporate tax advice and possess commercial acumen, ideally acquired in an international law firm. This position offers excellent career progression potential in a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• 1+ years’ PQE as a Corporate Tax lawyer.
• Experience in providing UK tax advice for both domestic and international businesses.
• Experience of advising on management incentive arrangements is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Advise on business and investment structuring.
• Act as general counsel for clients' day-to-day operations.
• Deliver high quality professional services focusing on UK tax law.

Skills

UK tax advice

Cross-border investment structuring

Drafting tax deeds and warranties

Commercial acumen

Advising on management incentive arrangements

Job description

Corporate Tax team in London with an interesting and unusual client base is looking to recruit a Corporate Tax lawyer of 1 or more years’ PQE. The team helps founders, entrepreneurs and owners of private capital around the world structure their business and personal affairs in a way that allows them to maximise returns and preserve, as far as possible, their wealth. They advise on all aspects of business and investment structuring, both domestically and internationally. Types of advice include the design and implementation of trading, investment and holding structures, as well as the modernisation of existing ones. They frequently act as general counsel, advising on all legal aspects of their day-to-day operations and deal flow. Clients include privately owned businesses operating across numerous business sectors such as brands, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, services, hotels and leisure, information technology, media and telecoms as well as financial institutions and public enterprises. They are looking for an ambitious Associate with experience of providing UK corporate tax advice with commercial acumen, preferably gained within a leading international law firm, who is looking to transition into a more client-facing and project leading role, working for founders and entrepreneurs as well as companies, with excellent prospects for career progression in a growing team.

The successful candidate will ideally have experience in:

• Providing UK tax advice for both domestic and international businesses
• Cross-border investment and business structuring
• Providing tax advice integrated with the commercial, legal and regulatory aspects of transactions
• Drafting tax deeds and warranties, finance documents and advising on business taxation
• Delivering high quality professional services with a focus on UK tax law

Any experience of advising on management incentive arrangements, and/or investor tax reliefs, such as the EMI scheme and EIS would be of interest, as would experience of Real Estate Tax and/or advising on tax aspects of investment funds.