PARALEGAL DEPARTMENT: Personal Law Department focusing on candidates committed to the CILEX route or a longer-term paralegal pathway within the firm.OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY: To provide high-level legal and administrative support across a broad range of private client matters. To assist in the management and progression of complex estates, including cross-border succession issues, multi-jurisdictional assets, and international probate matters. To support the continued development of the Private Client practice, maintaining exceptional standards of client care and technical accuracy. MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY: This does not set out every responsibility but provides an overview of your main areas of responsibility. LEGAL SUPPORT AND CASE MANAGEMENT Assisting on a wide range of private client matters including: Wills and estate planning Probate and estate administration Lasting Powers of Attorney Trust creation and administration Supporting on cross-border estates involving foreign assets, overseas grants of probate, reseals, domicile and residence issues, and multi-jurisdictional succession considerations. Undertaking legal research on domestic and international succession law, including conflict of laws principles and foreign inheritance regimes. Drafting correspondence, attendance notes, estate accounts, schedules of assets and liabilities, and initial drafts of Wills and LPAs under supervision. Assisting with applications for Grants of Probate and Letters of Administratio