Job Description
Job Description
Direct Counsel is partnering with a growing, full-service law firm to add a highly skilled and experienced attorney to join our growing Trusts & Estates practice, with the position based in San Francisco. This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior level associate or counsel with a strong background in estate planning, wealth transfer strategies, and post-death trust and estate administration to work with a dynamic team advising high-net-worth individuals, private foundations and family offices.
Key Responsibilities
- Advise clients on multi-generational wealth planning and tax optimization strategies. Expectation is that candidate will have direct client contact and will be a key liason between the clients and their advisors and the senior supervising partner.
- Draft complex estate plans, charitable gift agreements and trust structures tailored to sophisticated client needs.
- Structure and implement strategic wealth transfer techniques (e.g., dynasty trusts, sales to defective grantor trusts, Wandry gifts, grantor retained annuity trusts and charitable remainder trusts).
- Counsel fiduciaries on post-death trust administration and on-going trust administration (including familiarity with trust accounting rules, trust modifications, and decanting).
- Advise clients on the characterization of community and separate property, including transmutation agreements. Experience with prenuptial, postnuptial and cohabitation agreements a plus.
- Collaborate with clients and their outside advisors to manage large-scale planning projects.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
- Admission to and good standing with the California State Bar. Additional state bar admission in Nevada, Texas, Wyoming, South Dakota or Washington a plus.
- Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in private client services in a law firm setting.
- Demonstrated independent drafting experience with a wide range of estate planning and trust documents.
- Superior oral and written communication skills and demonstrated management of client relationships and projects.
Compensation & Benefits
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Base Salary Range: $160,000 – $230,000
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Competitive bonus structure
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401(k)
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Full benefits package