Private Client Solicitor: Agriculture & Landed Estates

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

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.