Associate - Private Client, Trusts & Estates - London, United Kingdom - Howard Kennedy

Howard Kennedy

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

The role
This is an excellent opportunity to join our Trusts and Estates Disputes team.

The team help families, settlors, trustees, beneficiaries, other lawyers and intermediaries involved in substantial trust and estate disputes, often with an international element.

You will gain excellent exposure working with the Partners and other fee earners in the team to support a range of clients who are either defending their actions or bringing a claim, advising on a wide range of trust and estate disputes as well as Court of Protection cases.

Main responsibilities

Working closely with the Partners and fee earners in the team across a broad range of trust and estate dispute matters which are typically complex and often with an offshore element.

Including;

A range of trusts disputes, breach of trust claims and trustee/beneficiary disputes.
Inheritance disputes including challenges to the validity of wills, removal of executors, and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 197
Court of Protection matters such as statutory wills, disputes regarding the appointments or actions of attorneys, as well as, other cases concerning people lacking capacity to manage their own affairs.
Advising settlors who are establishing trusts on risk management issues, such as the treatment of a trust's assets on the divorce or bankruptcy of a beneficiary.

About you
Ideally you will be able to demonstrate;

Proven post qualification experience in a similar role, dealing with a range of complex trust and estate disputes
Court of Protection experience is also desirable.
Associate membership, or commitment towards becoming an Associate member of ACTAPS.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well within a team.
The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels.
Sound judgement, with the ability to use your own initiative, taking responsibility where necessary and appropriate.
Excellent organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload within client deadlines.
Strong attention to detail, with a high standard of accuracy when working in a detail orientated role.
A sound understanding of client confidentiality.
Experience of and an interest in taking responsibility for business development projects, for example, organising and attending networking events, writing or contributing to articles and other collateral, and building your own network of contacts.
The ability to supervise and mentor less experienced members of the team

About Us

We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters.

We have grown substantially in recent years, including two mergers and an office move.

We've also matured in terms of our approach to providing advice to our clients, seeking to simplify and improve the experience of working with a modern, independent law firm.

We're proud of our journey. Without losing sight of where we've come from, we are focused on where we're going. We are evolving and growing every day. And just like our clients, we are ambitious and moving forward. Many of our clients are entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises who are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed.

We are one of the only London based law firms with a large private wealth offering alongside significant business law capability.

The firm also advises major corporates on particular specialist legal matters who find our straightforward approach a compelling alternative to larger, less personal firms.

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