Private Client Tax Director

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Private Client Tax Director - London Overview A highly respected professional services firm is seeking an outstanding Private Client Tax Director to play a senior role within its private client practice. This is a key appointment for an individual recognised for exceptional technical expertise, strong professional judgement, and credibility with highly sophisticated clients.The role offers significant autonomy and the opportunity to work on some of the most complex private client matters in the UK market. The Role You will advise a portfolio of ultra‑high‑net‑worth individuals with assets in the UK and overseas, many of whom are business owners or entrepreneurs with complex personal and commercial structures.Your work will include:

• UK and international tax planning for UHNWIs
• Advisory work for business owners, founders and families with operating and investment businesses
• Residence, domicile, non‑dom and remittance basis planning
• Trusts, estates and long‑term succession planning
• Structuring and oversight of cross‑border arrangements, working with overseas advisers
• Leading and reviewing technically complex advisory projects end‑to‑end

You will also:

• Act as a senior technical authority within the private client team
• Take responsibility for the technical quality and risk management of advice
• Provide mentoring and technical guidance to senior colleagues
• Contribute to the development of private client advisory capability and thought leadership
• Maintain and deepen long‑term client relationships

This role is strongly advisory and technically led, with limited focus on routine compliance. Candidate Profile This opportunity suits an individual who is technically excellent, commercially aware, and trusted with the most demanding private client work.Essential:

• CTA qualification (or equivalent)
• Extensive experience advising UHNWIs with UK and international assets
• Strong technical grounding across private client and owner‑managed business taxation
• Proven experience acting for business owners, founders or families with complex structures
• Ability to deliver and explain complex technical advice clearly and confidently

Desirable:

• Experience with cross‑border structuring and international planning
• Exposure to trusts, succession planning and family governance
• Recognised internally or externally as a private client technical specialist

The Opportunity

• Senior leadership‑level role with real technical influence
• Access to complex, high‑value private client advisory work
• Expert‑driven, collegiate working environment
• Competitive remuneration aligned with senior advisory roles
• Clear long‑term career opportunity for the right individual

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Company

Brewer Morris was established in 1987 as the UK's first recruitment consultancy to focus exclusively on the recruitment of taxation professionals.

We are firmly established as a market leader and take great pride in the enormous number of long-term business relationships that we have developed throughout the tax world. We have also expanded our remit into the recruitment of Treasury professionals. This enables us to better serve our clients’ needs in niche areas and we firmly believe this business line complements the Tax specialist recruitment that you have come to know and trust. From offices based in London, Melbourne and Sydney we recruit across the UK, Europe, The Middle East, Australia and New Zealand.

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