Associate - Private Client /Trusts & Estates at Bowmans (Law Firm)

Purpose:

• The role holder will advise high-net-worth individuals, families, trustees and family-owned businesses on trusts, estate planning, succession, wealth preservation and fiduciary structures. The role involves drafting and reviewing trust documents, providing strategic legal advice, managing trust establishment and administration matters, conducting legal research, and supporting clients in implementing bespoke succession and wealth transfer solutions.

Experience and Qualifications:

• Educational Background: LLB degree with strong academic record; admission to practice in Kenya with 2-5 years’ PQE.
• Technical Excellence: Strong knowledge of trust law, succession law, estate planning, and private client practice.
• Commercial acumen: exceptional drafting, negotiation and analytical skills, coupled with demonstratable track record of supporting senior lawyers dealing with both local and multinational clients. High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Communication and Interpersonal skills: excellent communication, presentation, research, and analytical skills and the ability to work in a large and dynamic team.
• Business Development: ability to build, develop, nurture and leverage internal and external networks, collaborate effectively across functions, engage confidently with clients.

Key Accountabilities:

• Advise clients on trusts, succession planning, estate administration, wealth preservation, and family wealth structures.
• Draft and review trust deeds, wills, and other estate planning and fiduciary documents.
• Conduct legal due diligence and identify legal, regulatory, and governance risks.
• Support the establishment, administration, and governance of trusts and fiduciary structures.
• Advise on asset-holding, investment, and family business structures.
• Prepare legal opinions, advisory memoranda, and other client deliverables, supported by legal research.
• Manage client matters and liaise with clients, trustees, and other professional advisers.

What We Offer:

• A dynamic and collaborative working environment within a top-tier practice.
• Exposure to high-profile transactions across Africa.
• Clear career progression pathways and structured professional development.
• Competitive remuneration package commensurate with experience.
• The opportunity to contribute to a firm with genuine pan-African ambitions.