Private Client Senior Associate

Yolk Recruitment Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare for you and your/ +

Life assurance (4× salary)

Enhanced pension: matching 5% employer

Enhanced leave: additional days

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment Ltd in Bristol is seeking a Senior Associate to lead and expand the Bristol private client offering with the full backing of a national brand.

You’ll handle a broad range of private client matters for high net worth individuals, including wills, trusts, probate, and wealth protection, with cross-border exposure. The role offers hybrid working and a platform to shape the team and client base.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Private Client (around 5+ PQE) including wills, trusts, succession and estates
• Proven ability to manage complex portfolios and high-net-worth clients, potentially with cross-border exposure
• Leadership mindset with a drive to build, mentor, influence and grow the Bristol offering

Responsibilities

• Deliver a broad range of private client matters: wills, estate planning, and succession for high-net-worth individuals and business owners
• Oversee trust creation and administration, including cross-border structures
• Manage complex probate and estate administration, including agricultural, landed, and business assets
• Develop tax and wealth protection strategies for high-value clients
• Engage in Court of Protection and capacity matters and, if interested, contentious trusts and probate with internal support

Skills

Private Client

Leadership

Cross-border exposure

Job description

Opportunity: Senior Associate - Private Client

Location: Bristol (Hybrid Working)

Salary: Up to £85,000 + Bonus (DOE)

Are you a Private Client lawyer with real ambition? Want to join a highly ranked Legal 500 / Chambers-recognised team with strong reputation, stability and the freedom to shape the future? This could be the role for you.

The Opportunity:

As a Senior Associate, you'll enjoy autonomy and the platform to mould, expand and lead the Bristol offering with the full backing of a trusted national brand.

You’ll work on a broad range of private client matters, including:

• Wills, estate planning, and succession structures for High Net Worth and Ultra High Net Worth individuals and business owners
• Trust creation and administration, including cross-border and multi-jurisdictional trusts
• Complex probate and estate administration, including agricultural, landed, and business assets
• Tax and wealth protection strategies for high-value clients
• Court of Protection and capacity matters
• Contentious trusts and probate (if of interest, with internal support from ranked specialists)

The work is really interesting and varied, often with an international dimension and involving intricate family or commercial structures.

What Makes It Stand Out:

• You’ll be joining a team rarely affected by churn - people stay, succeed, become leaders.
• Their reputation in the market is strong: praised in Legal 500 / Chambers for both non-contentious and contentious trusts / estates work.
• You'll get backing from a firm with national reach, multidisciplinary support and a client base that includes ultra-high net worth individuals and complicated estate, trust and succession structures.

You won't be boxed in - the role has flexibility, strategic influence and the potential to evolve.

What You Will Get:

Some of the perks (beyond the headline salary) include:

• Private healthcare for you and your family, and free healthcare cashback plans
• Life assurance (4× salary)
• Enhanced pension: matching 5% employer contribution
• Enhanced leave: additional days (birthday, Christmas Eve / New Year's Eve)
• Option to buy extra holiday (up to 5 days)
• Employee Assistance Programme, life event vouchers, wellbeing days, cycle-to-work, and more
• Discounted legal fees on firm services, free will options, independent financial advice
• And importantly: strong emphasis on development, internal promotion, collaborative culture and a firm ethos that encourages new ideas.

The Profile You Bring:

• Significant experience in Private Client (around 5+ PQE): wills, trusts, succession, estates etc
• Proven ability to manage complex portfolios and high-net-worth clients (ideally, including cross-border exposure) or a keenness to get exposure to this
• Leadership mindset: someone who wants to build, mentor, influence and leave a legacy.
• Technical excellence, commercial awareness and a warm but professional client presence.
• Ambition for long-term growth, not just a stepping stone.

Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.