Senior Private Client & Trusts Attorney - Tax-Focused
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Job summary
National law firm in Chicago seeks an experienced Private Client / Trusts & Estates Attorney to join our Private Client practice. The role focuses on sophisticated tax-focused estate planning for high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and closely held businesses.
You will advise on wealth-transfer strategies, trust and estate administration, fiduciary tax, and family-office matters, drafting complex estate-planning documents and guiding trustees and executors.
Qualifications
- 9+ years of estate planning experience
- Strong tax-focused trusts and estates practice
- HNW and UHNW client experience
- Estate, gift and GST tax expertise
- Sophisticated wealth-transfer planning experience
- Trust and estate administration experience
- Strong client relationship skills
Responsibilities
- Advise private clients on estate, gift and GST tax planning
- Develop wealth-transfer strategies for high-net-worth individuals and families
- Manage trust and estate administration matters
- Counsel trustees and executors on fiduciary duties and taxes
- Draft sophisticated estate-planning documents for complex estates
- Address family-office needs and closely held business succession planning
Skills
Job description
National law firm in Chicago seeks an experienced Private Client / Trusts & Estates Attorney to join our Private Client practice. The role focuses on sophisticated tax-focused estate planning for high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and closely held businesses.
You will advise on wealth-transfer strategies, trust and estate administration, fiduciary tax, and family-office matters, drafting complex estate-planning documents and guiding trustees and executors.
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