Associate Solicitor - Agriculture & Landed Estates
Devizes, Wiltshire
Salary up to £65k
Yolk Recruitment are proud to be supporting this recruitment campaign for an Associate Solicitor to join a respected Agriculture & Landed Estates team. This is a great move if you enjoy complex private client work for farming enterprises, landed estates and HNW families, with a strong focus on trusts, IHT/CGT planning and long-term succession.
As an Associate Solicitor in this team, you'll work closely with a Partner on an established caseload while managing your own matters. You'll advise on the tax efficient transfer of wealth, the use of trusts and family partnerships, and provide practical solutions that protect assets for future generations.
This is what you will be doing
As an Agricultural Solicitor, your duties and responsibilities will include:-
1. Advising on Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax planning for individuals, trusts, family businesses, farms and estates.
2. Designing and implementing succession structures, including trusts, settlements and family partnerships.
3. Drafting bespoke trust documentation and related deeds with accuracy and clarity.
4. Managing your own files and contributing to the wider team, including attendance at client meetings.
5. Handling limited elements of complex estate administration where required.
The experience you will bring to the team
You will bring the following experience to the Agricultural & Landed Estates Team:-
6. 5+ years PQE as a Solicitor with strong experience in IHT and CGT planning for private clients and trusts.
7. Confident drafter who enjoys producing precise, tailored documents.
8. Sound understanding of tax efficient wealth protection structures and settlements.
9. Organised, client focused and comfortable juggling deadlines in a busy practice.
10. STEP qualification or progress towards it is beneficial, as is familiarity with APR/BPR.
This is what you will get in return
11. Competitive salary, depending on experience.
12. Generous pension with employer contribution up to 8%.
13. Private health cash allowance of £1,000 per year.
14. Holiday entitlement of 25-30 days plus bank holidays, with additional Christmas office closure.
15. Death in Service at 4x salary.
16. Eye care support, retail discounts and well being benefits.
17. Non contractual bonuses linked to business performance, plus an individual element for fee earners.
18. Supportive culture with real work life balance and high quality Partner led work.