Senior Trust Lawyer - Cambridge
- Employer
- QED Legal
- Location
- England, Cambridgeshire, Cambridge
- Salary
- £50000.00 - £75000.00 per annum
- Closing date
- 18 Apr 2018
- Reference
- BBBH17546
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- Practice area
- Private client, Tax
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- PQE
- 5 years, 6 years, 7 years+
- Position
- Legal executive, Solicitor
- Sector
- Private practice
Job Details
A role has come up for a lawyer who specialises in trust and probate work to join on of Cambridgeshires largest and most well respected firms.
The successful candidate will be joining the private client team of this national law firm with a focus to deal with the specialist trust and probate matters. Matters that you may be expected to deal with include things such as tax planning in relation to trusts, inheritance tax calculations, management and administration of trusts including accounting records and the administration of estates in accordance with tax compliance. The firm enjoys a fantastic reputation in this area and attracts a regular flow of high value work into the department.
You will likely be STEP, CIOT or AAT qualified. Experience of dealing with trust matters in a well regarded law firm or accountancy practice will be required. Experience of estate administration would be desirable but not essential as long as you can demonstrate strong experience in the area of trust work.
It would be beneficial if you could show experience of managing others as you may be required to supervise or manage a small team.
The firm offers a competitive salary as well as an array of benefits such as a good salary which will be based on experience, bonuses, generous holiday entitlement, pension scheme, income protection and childcare vouchers and much more as part of a superb package.
Please get in touch for further details.
Company
QED
An acronym of the latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum which translates as "thus it is demonstrated" or "that which was to be demonstrated". It is most often used as an annotation at the end of a complex mathematical, scientific or philosophical argument to show that the author had proven what he had set out to prove. In recent times it has also been translated as "Quite Easily Done".
As a recruiter you have to network and speak to large amounts of people and lots of law firms to really understand the market and have the connections to match people with opportunity quickly when the time arises. A good recruiter needs to be Quick, Excellent and Dynamic in everything that they do. Allow the team at QED to demonstrate what they can do for your firm or your career.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
• Partner moves – both full equity and fixed share equity
• Team moves
• Firm Mergers / Bolt-on’s
• Succession / retirement planning
• In House Counsel
• Patent / Trademark Attorneys
• Other jurisdictions – placing lawyers into and from other countries
• Professional Support Lawyers
• Associate moves – focusing not just on team and culture fit but also client and work quality and room for future advancement.
• Assistant moves – lawyers cannot afford to make mistakes with their career moves. In the crucial early years exposure to the correct mentor and clients is essential.
• Legal professionals – FILEX, MILEX, ILEX, Licenced Conveyancers, paralegals, legal assistants and fee earners
• Support services - practice managers, COLP / COFA – regulatory and compliance, office managers, IT developers, case management specialists, law costs draftsmen and negotiators, legal secretaries, legal cashiers
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