About the Role
Hughes Hubbard is seeking an associate with over 4 years of experience to join their Private Client Services practice. The role focuses on tax law, wealth management, and trusts and estates.
Responsibilities
- Counsel high-net-worth individuals and family entities on estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer and income tax matters.
- Draft prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.
- Handle estate administration and all aspects of tax controversy, including IRS examinations and appeals.
- Perform legal research and analysis using library reference materials and/or electronic resource tools.
- Communicate and correspond with colleagues, clients, and other counsel.
- Establish and maintain effective working relations with others.
- Communicate effectively in English, both orally and in writing.
- Organize and prioritize workload.
- Understand and follow written and oral directions.
Requirements
- Must be admitted to practice law in the State of New York.
- Ideal candidate has trusts and estates experience at a large NYC firm with a Private Client Services practice comparable to Hughes Hubbard’s.
- Preference for candidates with stellar law firm employment history (limited changes since law school graduation).
Skills
- Tax law
- Wealth management
- Trusts and estates
- Estate, gift, generation-skipping transfer and income tax matters
- Drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
- Estate administration
- Tax controversy
- IRS examinations and appeals
- Legal research and analysis
- Library reference materials
- Electronic resource tools
- Communication
- Correspondence
- Working relations
- Organization
- Prioritization
- Following directions
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 4+ years of experience
Education Level
- JD degree
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $310,000—$420,000 USD
About the Company
- Hughes Hubbard is a law firm with a Private Client Services practice.
