Trusts Lawyer

at  Attwaters Jameson Hill

• Job type: Full-time
• Salary: Competitive
• Seniority: 2-6 years PQE
• Department: Wills Trust and Probate
• Office: Hertford/Hybrid
  Are you looking to advance your legal career whilst enjoying a healthy work/life balance? Do you want to join a firm that is as interested in your career progression as you are? Are you searching for a fulfilling role where what you get out is considered just as important as what you put in? And where the only ceiling is your ambition?
  Then Attwaters Jameson Hill could be the firm for you. Come and find out what makes us one of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024.
  With five offices spanning Hertfordshire, Essex and London, Attwaters Jameson Hill is a respected regional law firm with origins dating back well over a century. Our vision is to be the ‘go to’ private wealth legal practice in our region, through our commitment to excellent client care, integrity, teamwork, innovation, quality and respect.
  In order to achieve our vision, we need people who are committed to excellence. We are experts at what we do and we’re looking for people with the ambition, dedication and work ethic required to become leaders in their field.
  But we also know that our people have a right to expect excellence from us. That’s why we are dedicated to providing our staff with a nurturing environment, a structured career path that offers clear opportunities for progression, and all the support they need to thrive.

We are looking for a trust lawyer with between 2 to 6 years’ experience and ideally a STEP qualification or be keen to work towards this.
You should have a genuine interest in working and specialising in trusts and be keen develop your skills and knowledge in the area. You should have a good level of knowledge on the types of trust structures available, the benefits of each and the taxation of each.
Ideally you will have experience in working on trust matters throughout the lifetime of a trust and as such understand the processes at set up, during the administration and at the time of a trust coming to an end and have experience in the drafting of the relevant trust Deeds at each stage.
Supervision and mentoring will be in place, but you should be able to work independently to a certain extent, particularly with regard to checking your own work and managing your cases.

Your duties will involve:

• Preparing Deeds of Retirement and Appointment of Trustees
• Preparing Deeds of Appointment of trust assets from Discretionary Trusts
• Dealing with the setup of trusts, to include the drafting the relevant documentation and dealing with the work required to transfer the trust assets
• Preparing Declarations of Trust to define beneficial interests in property
• Dealing with the registration of trusts with HMRC on the Trust Registration Service
• Providing advice on the effect and taxation of Bare Trusts, Life interest Trusts and Discretionary Trusts to both trustees and beneficiaries