Associate - Tax, Trusts and Succession; NQ

Are you keen to find an exciting new role where you will be part of a dynamic, forward‑thinking, agile team? If so, come and join us on the journey.

Michelmores is the destination law firm for the ambitious, the imaginative and the distinctive. We help individuals, families and businesses navigate change to find a positive future.

We are a flexible, friendly and inclusive organisation with as clear a focus on fresh thinking as we have on growth and success. We value and nurture our people’s potential and inspiration and give them a creative, open and collaborative environment in which to develop a career and succeed.

Wherever you have begun your career in law, we think that you’ll find Michelmores different. From day one, we encourage our solicitors to forge direct client relationships and expand their understanding and knowledge of areas that interest them— developing an understanding of commercial challenges and opportunities, rather than just knowing the law. We nurture creative and commercial thinking to help in your long‑term career success – it mirrors our approach to ensuring the very best outcomes for our clients too.

Our Newly Qualified (NQ) training programme focuses on supporting colleagues transition to the role of Associate. The programme is designed to cover a range of topics including career development and financial training as well as build networks and facilitate collaboration, creating a real sense of togetherness across our NQ group to develop your career with the Firm.

Right now, our highly regarded Tax, Trust & Succession (TTS) team is looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious Associate Solicitor to join the growing team in our Cheltenham office.

You will have the opportunity to further expand your knowledge and build on your experience in this friendly and supportive team. This opportunity also offers a real opportunity for career progression. Examples of recent work include the following:

• Advising the trustees of a family trust holding an estate on the transfer of land to the next generation while mitigating future inheritance tax and drafting the relevant documentation.
• Working with our strategic land team to advise a landowner on ways to structure the ownership of land before entering into a promotion agreement.
• Advising a family business owner on the transfer of the business and on the inheritance tax position on their death. Advising on options for improving the tax position and helping them navigate how best to divide the estate between the seven children.
• Advising an Italian non‑UK domiciled client moving to the UK on secondment on pre‑arrival planning and the use of overseas workday relief while working with his Italian advisers.
• Restructuring a Jersey trust and underlying company holding UK property which was created by a formerly domiciled resident now living in South Africa with a view to passing on the wealth to his Australian resident daughter and UK resident daughter.
• Advising a UK/US couple on their estate planning including reviewing their lifetime revocable grantor trust and advising on the UK tax position.
• Advising the executors of an estate holding significant farming‑related assets on claims for APR and BPR, with a view to administering and arranging the estate for the benefit of the surviving spouse and long‑term benefit of the wider family.

Our Private Client team has a well‑established practice, has consistently been awarded the top accolade in the Chambers High Net Worth rankings and has also been awarded STEP Platinum Employer Partner accreditation. At this year's STEP awards we were shortlisted as mid‑size firm of the year - as we have been in numerous other years; we have won the award twice.

The team works across all four of our main offices and advises on a full range of Private Client work including:

• Tax advice for individuals and their wealth;
• The orderly succession of wealth from one generation to the next;
• The creation and administration of trust and other vehicles to hold and manage private wealth;
• The governance of family owned businesses;
• Will preparation; and
• The administration of estates, testate and intestate.