Wills, Trusts & Probate Lawyer

at  Attwaters Jameson Hill

• Job type: Full-time
• Salary: Competitive
• Seniority: 2-5 years post-qualification experience
• Department: Wills, Trusts & Probate – Bereavement team
• 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 Solicitor or GILEX/FILEX with 2-5 years’ post-qualification experience to join our Wills, Trusts & Probate team. Ideally, you will have a STEP membership, be in the process of acquiring one, or be willing to work towards this qualification.
Your role will include some taking of instructions and preparation of basic to more complex Wills, LPAs and general Powers of Attorney.
Your workload will involve Probate and the administration of estates, from basic estates falling below the IHT threshold to more valuable and taxable estates involving IHT400s and relevant schedules, claiming appropriate reliefs, etc. You will have experience in estate administration where the deceased has died intestate, in addition to a good understanding of intestacy rules and procedures.
We are looking for a candidate with an understanding of trusts and their tax treatment, both upon creation of the trust and during its lifetime. You can advise on the appropriateness of trusts within Wills and whether the creation of a trust would be beneficial during a client’s lifetime.
You have an understanding of the set-up and administration of life interest trusts and discretionary trusts where they are found in a deceased’s Will, in addition to an understanding of the mechanism for collapsing trusts where not required.