Associate — Private Wealth / Estate Planning, Chicago

Senior-level associate role within a national private wealth practice advising high-net-worth individuals, founders, family offices and fund principals on sophisticated estate, trust and tax planning. Work will include designing estate and wealth-transfer documents and structures to achieve tax-efficient outcomes and minimize dispute risk.

Day-to-day responsibilities include estate and trust administration, complex trust modification and migration strategies, income and estate tax planning, philanthropic structuring, and preparing complex estate tax filings and related extensions. The role involves multi-jurisdictional and cross-border tax analysis.

This position is on a hybrid schedule and requires regular in-office work in Chicago (three days per week). Candidates must be (or be eligible to become) admitted to the Illinois bar.

• JD, LLM, or foreign equivalent.
• Approximately 3 years' post-qualification experience developing estate plans for individuals and families, including trust and estate administration and GST/gift/estate tax planning.
• Proven experience drafting sophisticated estate planning documents (e.g., wills, irrevocable life insurance trusts, SLATs, GRATs and similar instruments).
• Experience with trust modification strategies (decanting, mergers, nonjudicial settlement agreements), trust termination and administration.
• Experience preparing complex estate tax filings (Forms 706/709) and related tax-extension strategies; comfort with multi-jurisdictional/cross-border tax issues.
• Admitted to the Illinois bar or admitted elsewhere in the U.S. and eligible for Illinois admission within two years.
• Willingness to work on a hybrid schedule with regular in-office presence in Chicago.