Senior Lawyer: Estates

What’s in it for you?

• HNW clients, complex trusts and premium private wealth work
• Own matters end-to-end, direct client contact, real autonomy. Leave Private practice stress behind
• Step into a senior seat with genuine influence and pace

About your new employer:

• Established national private wealth and trustee services organisation
• Integrated offering across estate planning, private wealth advice, estate administration and philanthropy
• Adelaide-based role with support from a broader national team
• Close collaboration with internal stakeholders to deliver premium client outcomes
• Strong links to external referrers across the private client market

About the role:

• Conduct initial and signing appointments and manage matters through to completion
• Draft and advise on:
• Wills (including testamentary discretionary trust wills)
• Death benefit nominations
• Enduring powers of attorney (financial and medical)
• Peer and client review of draft documents and quality control
• Identify fiduciary strategies and cross-referral opportunities
• Build relationships with referrers (solicitors, accountants, advisers)
• Support business development (seminars, PD sessions, articles)
• Contribute to precedents and continuous improvement
• Maintain strong file management and CRM updates
• Support and develop junior team members as needed

The ideal candidate:

• 7+ years’ post-qualification experience in estate planning
• Strong technical ability across complex estate planning matters
• Confident advising high net worth clients and stakeholders
• Proactive, solutions-focused, and commercially minded
• Excellent drafting, organisation, and attention to detail
• Comfortable building referral networks and market presence
• Tech capable (MS Office; CRM helpful)
• Highly regarded: Master of Laws (Wills & Estates)

If this role does not align to your experience and/or career goals, please contact us to discuss other suitable opportunities.

Why work with us?

• We have access to 50% more roles than are publicly available.
• You will receive free CV and content advice as well as interview preparation assistance specific to the role.
• We are intimately aware of market trends including team/firmwide inside information and what salary you can achieve in the current market.
• Naiman Clarke are celebrating 25 years of excellence in the legal recruitment industry this year.  Our team of experienced, legally trained, consultants have over 40 years of combined experience working exclusively in the legal recruitment sector. 

Contact Elvira today!

 
Please quote reference number EN/54844:

• Call or text: 0480 042 586
• Email: enaiman@naimanclarke.com.au
• LinkedIn message: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elvira-naiman/
• #SCR-elvira-naiman

Alternatively, click apply and email your resume (in Word version only) and academic transcript.

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