Corporate Tax Associate - London, United Kingdom - Withersworldwide

Withersworldwide

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Type:

Permanent - Full Time

Location:

London

Job Role:

Private Client and Tax

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Job Description

The Department

Our 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 on and the efficiency and preservation of their wealth.

We advise on all aspects of business and investment structuring, both domestically in the jurisdictions in which we have offices and internationally.

Our advice includes the design and implementation of trading, investment and holding structures, as well as the modernization of existing ones.

We 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.

The Role

We 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 prospect for career progression in a growing team.

Providing UK tax advice for both domestic and international businesses
Crossborder 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
Building and maintaining a network of intermediaries and enthusiasm for developing business
Advising on management incentive arrangements, and/or investor tax reliefs, such as the EMI scheme and EIS
Advising on employmenttax related issues and the IR35 rules
Advising on commercial real estate transactions
Advising on tax aspects of investment funds

Person Specification

Be admitted to practice as a solicitor in England & Wales
Must have demonstrable experience of working on tax aspects of corporate and transactional matters
Must have recent experience of crossborder corporate tax structuring
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Effective team player
An enthusiastic and engaged attitude with excellent people skills and a good, clear communication style
A willingness to take responsibility and ability to form strong working relationships across all areas of the practice
Excellent technical ability, solid drafting skills and strong research skills
Ability to communicate and handle client contact (both internal and external) from the outset
A commercial and pragmatic outlook
Strong IT skills (e.g. Word & Excel)

The Essentials

Working hours: 9.30am 5.30pm but flexibility is a must
6month probation period
12 weeks' notice period
Flexible benefit package

For further information, please contact the recruitment team.

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Equal Opportunities Employment Statement_
It is the policy of Withersworldwide to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of ethnic origin, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation or disability._

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