The Firm advises across the full range of contentious IP matters, including brand protection, copyright infringement, disputes regarding NFTs, image rights disputes, and piracy matters. 

Clients include household names across the full spectrum of the entertainment world, including major film and tv studios, actors, musicians, sports stars and their management agencies, and content creators. 

The team continues to go from strength to strength, boasting several "hall of fame" partners and a particularly good track record for internal progression for its associates. 

Candidates should have strong experience in IP Litigation matters and ideally some prior experience of acting for clients within the media & entertainment industries.

If you would like a confidential chat about this role and to understand more about the opportunity, please contact Jonathan Smyth. Jonathan will be able to provide you with further information about this position and an overview of active and more discreet opportunities available in the market.

The team advises an enviable entrepreneurial client base of HNW and UHNW individuals, families and business owners, many with complex international footprints and closely intertwined commercial and personal interests.

The work is sophisticated, high-value and genuinely engaging — ideal for a lawyer who enjoys combining technical excellence with trusted adviser relationships.

The Opportunity

You will join a highly regarded private client team known for delivering practical, solution-driven advice on complex UK and cross-border tax and estate planning matters.

The practice benefits from deep integration with corporate, real estate, finance and disputes teams, offering a stimulating breadth of private client advisory work.

From day one, you will enjoy meaningful responsibility, within a supportive and collegiate environment that values quality, judgement and long-term client relationships.

Scope of Work

Your work will span a broad and intellectually stimulating range of matters, including:

• UK and international tax planning for individuals relocating to or from the UK, including entrepreneurs and senior executives
• Cross-border structuring for business transactions, real estate acquisitions, investments and family wealth holding vehicles
• Use of double tax treaties and international tax frameworks
• Advising on estate administration, succession and incapacity planning across multiple jurisdictions
• Founder and management equity, employment-related securities and incentive arrangements
• HMRC enquiries, disclosures and contentious tax matters
• Charitable structuring and philanthropic planning, both UK and international
• Drafting bespoke deeds, agreements and wills
• Supporting corporate, real estate, finance and disputes teams on private wealth and tax aspects of wider transactions

You will manage matters end-to-end, liaise with intermediaries such as trustees, bankers and advisers, and regularly coordinate with overseas counsel.

The Team & Culture

This is a partner-led, high-calibre team with a strong reputation for technical excellence and commercial awareness. Lawyers are encouraged to develop their own client relationships, contribute to business development and play an active role in shaping the future of the practice.

The wider firm combines City-quality work with a genuinely down-to-earth culture:

• Close partner access and minimal hierarchy
• A collaborative, inclusive working environment
• Strong commitment to diversity, wellbeing and flexible working
• High levels of trust, autonomy and professional respect

The firm continues to grow rapidly, with sustained financial performance and investment across key practice areas, making this an excellent platform for long-term career progression.

About You

You are likely to have:

• At least 6 years’ PQE in private client or tax within private practice
• Strong grounding in UK and international tax and estate planning
• Experience advising HNW/UHNW individuals and entrepreneurial clients
• A keen interest in attaining further qualifications
• Confidence managing complex matters independently while collaborating effectively with partners and peers
• An interest in business development and building lasting client relationships

Above all, you are commercially minded, personable and trusted by clients — someone who combines technical strength with judgement and discretion

Why This Role?

• High-end, intellectually stimulating private client work
• Exposure to complex international and entrepreneurial matters
• Early responsibility and genuine client ownership
• Strong partner support and mentoring
• A firm with momentum, ambition and a reputation for looking after its people

Next Steps

For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please get in touch:

📞 07376 288 737
✉️ jon.kennedy@ardentrecruit.com

This role offers high-quality, varied work, early responsibility and the chance to work closely with an experienced and supportive leadership team in a genuinely collegiate environment.

The Opportunity

You’ll join a specialist real estate disputes practice handling a broad mix of contentious property matters for developers, investors, landlords, tenants and public sector organisations.  The work is intellectually stimulating, commercially focused and practical, with a strong emphasis on achieving positive outcomes for clients.

This is a role that offers meaningful exposure: managing your own matters with appropriate, limited supervision; supporting on more complex disputes; including hearings, mediations and client management.

The Work

Your caseload will include a wide range of property dispute resolution matters, such as:

• Commercial landlord and tenant disputes (lease renewals, dilapidations, forfeiture and break options)
• Development-related disputes, including rights of light, restrictive covenants, boundary issues and easements
• Possession claims and trespass actions
• Property insolvency and enforcement work

You will also contribute to team training, mentoring and business development initiatives.

The Team

The real estate dispute resolution team is a recognised specialist group within a broader national property practice. It is known for its technical strength and collaborative way of working. You’ll be working closely with senior lawyers who are hands-on, approachable and invested in developing junior team members.

The culture is professional but down-to-earth, with an emphasis on teamwork, knowledge-sharing and giving people the space to grow.

Next Steps

If you’re a real estate disputes lawyer looking for interesting work, genuine responsibility and a healthier balance without compromising on quality, this is a role well worth exploring.

For a confidential discussion about this opportunity, please get in touch:

📞 07376 288 737
✉️ jon.kennedy@ardentrecruit.com