Senior Private Client Counsel – Wealth & Tax Estate Expert

Thompson Coburn LLP

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 300,000 - 400,000

Full time

14 days+
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401(k) plan

Job summary

Thompson Coburn LLP in Chicago seeks an attorney with 9+ years of estate planning experience to join the Private Client practice group. The ideal candidate will have a strong tax-focused trusts and estates practice, advising high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and closely held businesses on complex estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer, and fiduciary income tax matters.

Illinois license is required.

Qualifications

  • 9+ years of estate planning experience
  • Licensed to practice law in Illinois
  • Experience advising high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices
  • Experience with complex estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer and fiduciary income tax matters
  • Experience with wealth transfer planning and trust administration
  • Business succession planning experience
  • Advising fiduciaries on complex tax issues

Responsibilities

  • Advise high-net-worth clients on complex estate and tax matters
  • Lead estate planning engagements in the Private Client practice group
  • Provide fiduciary tax guidance and wealth transfer planning for clients

Skills

Estate planning
Tax-focused trusts and estates
Wealth transfer planning
Fiduciary income tax
Advising high-net-worth individuals
Business succession planning
Complex tax issues

Education

Licensed to practice law in Illinois

Job description

Thompson Coburn LLP in Chicago seeks an attorney with 9+ years of estate planning experience to join the Private Client practice group. The ideal candidate will have a strong tax-focused trusts and estates practice, advising high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices, and closely held businesses on complex estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer, and fiduciary income tax matters.

Illinois license is required.

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