This is an exciting opportunity for a Senior or Managing Associate to join TLT's growing Corporate Tax & Incentives team. The team currently has 14 members including a Knowledge Lawyer, making it one of the largest legal tax practices outside of London.
Recognised by The Legal 500, our Corporate Tax & Incentives team advises a broad range of UK and international clients on complex transactions, tax structuring and strategic tax matters. The team is led by Ben Watson, alongside fellow Partners Mark Braude, Emma Bradley and Lizzie Stone.
We operate national service lines and work on the basis that the best-placed lawyer supports the client, meaning your client base is not limited by geography. As a result, this role can be based in Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh or Glasgow, with the benefit of our flexible, hybrid working approach.
Your Role
As a senior member of the Corporate Tax & Incentives team, you will provide a premium service to our clients, ensuring the advice and support are of the highest quality. We expect you to develop into a sector expert and be viewed as a business advisor by our clients.
As a senior addition to the team, you can expect to:
- Work closely with the Partners in the team on advisory and transactional work while managing your own caseload
- Work effectively with our colleagues in the Corporate and Real Estate teams on a range of transactional work
- Lead Incentives projects (with appropriate supervision from Partners) and handle client relationships (both internally and externally)
- Actively contribute to and drive business development opportunities
- Supervise and support newly qualified Associates and Trainees within the team
- As outlined by our impressive track record of promotions, we place a high value on training and development. We would expect the successful candidate to play a key role in developing junior team members, helping them reach their potential while continuing to progress their own career, with a clear pathway for development and advancement
Your Skills and Experience
Whilst the ideal candidate will have experience in both Corporate Tax and Incentives, we also welcome applications from candidates with a skill set and experience in just one of these practice areas.
You must be/have:
- A qualified solicitor (SRA or Law Society registered) with 5+ years' PQE and experience advising on a range of UK tax matters, including corporation tax, income tax, VAT and stamp duty land tax
- An ability to give succinct legal and tax advice in an efficient manner whilst understanding (and anticipating) the commercial needs and objectives of the client
- A forward thinker, able to demonstrate first class communication skills with the ability and confidence to engage with clients and colleagues at all levels
- A proven track record in business development and maintaining strong client relationships
- Able to develop a deep understanding of clients' businesses and objectives, acting in the best interests of both the firm and the client
- Able to contribute to our collaborative culture, with an ambition to assist in the development of junior team members
Your Team
Our Corporate Tax & Incentives team delivers clear, commercially focused tax advice to a diverse client base, including UK and international corporates, private equity investors, management teams, entrepreneurs, partnerships and joint ventures.
The team is split between the following areas: Corporate Tax, Real Estate Tax, Employment Taxes, Share Schemes and Incentives, Tax Disputes, Employee Ownership Trusts and M&A Tax. We work seamlessly with colleagues across Corporate, Real Estate, Construction, Banking, Insolvency and Employee Incentives to provide integrated support throughout the lifecycle of a transaction.
The team has developed particular expertise advising clients in a number of key sectors, including future energy and renewables, housing, financial services, retail and leisure, and banking and insolvency. This sector-focused approach enables us to combine technical tax expertise with a deep understanding of our clients' commercial objectives and market challenges.
Our aim is to help clients make informed, commercially sound and tax-efficient decisions, while managing risk and delivering pragmatic solutions that support their wider business goals.
About TLT
Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.
With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.
Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.
In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.
Our Benefits
We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.
At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.
TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.
We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on Recruitment.Operations@TLT.com
