Private Wealth Services Associate (Senior-Level) - AUS

About the role

Greenberg Traurig (GT), a global law firm, seeks a full-time Associate in the Private Wealth Services Practice of our Austin office. The position offers competitive compensation and an excellent benefits package.

Responsibilities

• Designing and drafting complex estate planning documents, including revocable trust agreements, ILITs, SLATs, IDGTs, GRATs, and related wealth transfer structures.
• Transferring QSBS stock, business interests, and real estate, including addressing the complexities of entity structures, valuation, succession planning, and tax implications.
• Managing and overseeing complex trust and estate administrations, including trust modifications, decantings, mergers, nonjudicial settlement agreements, and trust terminations.
• Conducting sophisticated legal research and analysis involving multijurisdictional and occasionally cross-border estate planning considerations.

Requirements

• A minimum of four to eight years of experience in sophisticated estate planning for high-net-worth individuals and families, trust and estate administration, and gift, estate, and generation-skipping transfer tax planning.
• Exceptional mid-level candidates with strong credentials and demonstrated leadership ability will also be considered.
• This is a hands-on role for someone ready to hit the ground running in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Highest academic and working credentials, strong research, writing and verbal communication skills, and a background practicing trusts and estates in a law firm setting.
• Prior experience in a fast-paced law firm setting.
• In good standing with the Texas Bar, or eligible for admission to the Texas Bar.
• Ranked in the top of their law school class or graduated from a top-tier law school.
• May have an LL.M. in Taxation or Estate Planning (strongly preferred, though not required if the candidate otherwise has a solid trusts and estates background).

Qualifications

• Ranked in the top of their law school class or graduated from a top-tier law school.
• May have an LL.M. in Taxation or Estate Planning (strongly preferred, though not required if the candidate otherwise has a solid trusts and estates background).

Skills

• Highly detail-oriented, organized, proactive, and able to supervise and mentor other associates and paralegals, while managing multiple complex matters.

Benefits

GT is an EEO employer with an inclusive workplace committed to merit-based consideration and review without regard to an individual’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics and to the principles of non-discrimination on any protected basis.

Pay

Competitive compensation.

Schedule

Not specified.

Benefits

Not specified.