Private Wealth Senior Associate - Surrey

Guildford and surrounding offices | Full time | Permanent | Hybrid

RecQuest is recruiting a Private Wealth Senior Associate for a Top 100 firm with a well established private wealth practice.

This is a senior appointment with the caseload, client quality and supervisory responsibility to match. The firm is looking for someone who can lead matters and people, not simply carry files.

The firm operates from several offices across Surrey, the South Coast and London. The base for this role is open to discussion for the right person, so it is worth a conversation regardless of exactly where you are.

The role

• Leading complex estate and succession planning for high net worth clients

• Trust structuring, variation and administration, including offshore elements

• Inheritance tax and capital tax planning

• Administration of substantial and contested estates

• Supervising and developing associates and junior fee earners

• Contributing to business development and the direction of the team

About you

• Qualified Solicitor with substantial private wealth or private client experience

• STEP qualified

• Technically strong across complex trusts and tax planning

• Experienced in supervising and mentoring colleagues

• Confident holding senior client relationships independently

Why this is worth a conversation

Senior private wealth roles on a Top 100 platform outside London are uncommon. This one carries real influence over how the team develops, alongside a firm culture that treats sustainable workload as a matter of policy rather than good intentions.

Every enquiry is confidential. Apply through RecQuest or email info@recquest.co.uk to discuss the role and which office would suit you.