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Private Client Counsel

$300k - $400k

LJW Solutions

Private Client Counsel (9+ Years’)

Chicago, Illinois

$300,000–$400,000 + Bonus

An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Private Client / Trusts & Estates Attorney to join an established Private Client practice within a highly regarded national law firm in Chicago.

The position is suited to an attorney with a sophisticated, tax-focused trusts and estates practice advising high and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, family offices and closely held businesses.

The Role

You will advise sophisticated private clients on matters including:

  • Complex estate planning.
  • Estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer tax.
  • Wealth-transfer strategies.
  • Trust and estate administration.
  • Family-office matters.
  • Business succession planning.
  • Closely held businesses.
  • Fiduciary income tax.
  • Advising trustees and executors.
  • Drafting sophisticated estate-planning documentation.

About You

The successful candidate will possess:

  • 9+ years' estate planning experience .
  • A 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.
  • Active Illinois Bar admission .

What’s on Offer?

  • $300,000–$400,000 base salary .
  • Productivity and discretionary bonuses.
  • Sophisticated HNW and UHNW client base.
  • Significant autonomy.
  • Established national law firm platform.
  • Comprehensive health, insurance and retirement benefits.
  • Senior role within an established Private Client group.
Vacancy posted 23 hours ago
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