TRUST & ESTATES PARTNER
New York, NY | Full-time | Hybrid (3 days in office)
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COMPENSATION
Base: $300,000--$450,000
Note: Base starts at $300,000; potential for up to $450,000 for partners with significant portable business. Compensation includes a variable bonus tied to performance and business development.
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WHY THIS ROLE
A boutique that has made Vault's Top 25 NYC midsized list and Crain's "Best Places to Work" -- with a genuinely casual, non-hierarchical culture that is rare at the partner level -- is hiring a T&E practitioner to step into an established practice with a multi-million-dollar book already in place. The existing client base skews heavily toward high-net-worth individuals, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and creative talent including celebrities, which means you'll encounter IP-heavy estate planning (copyrights, trademarks, publicity rights) that most T&E practitioners never see. Comp is competitive and scales meaningfully with portable business. This is succession-minded hiring, not a seat-filler.
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ABOUT THE ROLE
You will manage sophisticated T&E matters for HNW clients: estate, gift, and income tax planning; wills, trusts, and related documents; probate and estate administration; and IP-specific estate planning for clients whose assets include copyrights, trademarks, and publicity rights. You'll work closely with the firm's tax team and other practice groups, and provide bandwidth relief for a senior partner with a large existing book.
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REQUIREMENTS
Experience: 10+ years in Trusts & Estates, managing complex matters for high-net-worth clients independently
\- Strong estate, gift, and income tax planning background
\- Experience handling all aspects of estate and trust administration, including probate
\- Ability to run matters independently with minimal supervision
\- Existing portable book of business preferred (comp reflects both scenarios)
Preferred:
\- Experience advising on IP assets in an estate planning context (copyrights, trademarks, publicity rights)
\- Prior experience advising celebrity or entertainment-industry clients
Bar Admission: New York preferred (Also open to California)
Visa Sponsorship: Not available
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LOGISTICS
Location: New York, NY
Work Policy: Hybrid -- 3 days in-office