Contentious Trusts & Estates Associate

Taylor Wessing

Taylor Wessing is a global law firm that serves the world's most innovative people and businesses. Deeply embedded within our sectors, we work closely together with our clients to crack complex problems, enabling ideas and aspirations to thrive. Together we challenge expectation and create extraordinary results. By shaping the conversation in our sectors, we enable our clients to unlock growth, protect innovation and accelerate ambition.

With 1200+ lawyers, 300+ partners, 28 offices and 17 jurisdictions we are looking to expand our Private Client team, with the addition of a Contentious Trusts & Estates Associate.

The opportunity for you

The associate will work principally with partners and associates within the Contentious Trusts & Estates team based within the Private Client department.

Key responsibilities

• Litigation related to wills and inheritance disputes to include all manner of probate dispute relating to the validity of a will and the administration of an estate and challenge to lifetime disposals (both domestic and international estates)
• Litigation related to trusts to include all manner of dispute related to the formation and administration of a trust and to include any disputes relating to the exercise or non-exercise of powers by the powerholders (domestic and international)
• Variation of trust applications Beddoes and Blessing applications (domestic and international)
• Mediation to resolve disputes
• Risk management in trust administration
• Cross-border estate planning conflicts
• Arbitration proceedings in relation to trust structures
• All manner of Court of Protection matters – Deputies, Attorneys, DOLs, Statutory Wills
  
  

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Candidates need to be able to coordinate workloads in close liaison with the other fee earners in the team. They must demonstrate strong organisational skills, attention to detail, good time management, an energetic and proactive approach and confidence in their ability to communicate with all levels of staff. They should also have good client handling skills and be able to quickly establish client relationships over the telephone.
• Previous Contentious Trust and Estate experience would be required preferably in a firm with a similar practice or for the NQ position a seat in a contentious team with experience of trust and estate litigation.
  
  

Benefits

Here are a select few benefits that Taylor Wessing offer;

• Hybrid working (Offering the opportunity to work remotely, while maintaining a social boundary by working from our award-
• winning offices for 3 days a week)
• Holiday (Our basic annual holiday entitlement starts at 25 days, with a further discretionary day of paid leave in December. You may also purchase up to five extra days each year (pro rata).
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave (After one-year service, you are entitled to up to 26 weeks leave full pay if you or your partner give birth or
• adopt a child).
  
  

Along with these there are many more benefits we offer, with the addition of a comprehensive flexible benefits package available.

Our culture

Nurturing a diverse, inclusive culture allows all of our talent to flourish, sparks creativity and powers innovation. We continue to build a team that exemplifies inclusivity and reflects the firm's core values: creative, excellence, integrity, responsible , respect and team. We value and celebrate the differences in who we are, what we have experienced and how we think, so all candidates will be treated fairly regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, marital status, neurodiversity, pregnancy, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background.

The way we work

At Taylor Wessing, we never settle for average. We're creative thinkers, problem solvers and continuous learners who excel at what we do and believe our best work is still ahead of us. We are a firm that's large enough for you to achieve your ambitions, but connected enough to be a true community.

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