kbvl law firm - trainee/junior lawyer – tax & legal – private clients

YOUR ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Your role as a Trainee/Junior Lawyer will focus on the delivery of client engagements, exercising effective communication and relationship-building skills, as well as contributing to the priorities of the team. In this role, you will commit to personal learning and development, and explore opportunities to make an impact by delivering exceptional legal services.

During your tenure, you will demonstrate and develop the ability to:

• Provide legal solutions to highly complex legal issues while delivering a high quality experience;

• Provide legal advice relating to: 

  • Taxation of individuals and, in particular, income, real estate, gift and inheritance taxation;

  • Succession planning of individuals with a focus on inheritance law and civil law issues;

  • Trusts/Foundations;

  • Shipping taxation;

  • Corporate asset restructuring;

  • Philanthropy;

  • Tax compliance;

  • International tax planning and implementation of asset structures;

  • Common Reporting Standard (CRS).

• Conduct of legal research and analysis.

OUR REQUIREMENTS

Our ideal candidate is a bright and ambitious lawyer that focuses on delivering work of high quality, commits to a high level of client service, and has the ability to build strong client relationships. We expect that you have strong interpersonal and organizational skills, the ability to work effectively within a team.

In particular, to qualify for the role you must have:

• Registered as a Trainee Attorney-at-Law or qualified as an Attorney-at-Law in Greece (Athens Bar Association or other Bar Association membership);

• Zero (0) to three (3) years of relevant work experience;

• A Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Tax and/ or Civil Law from a prominent, well-acclaimed University in Greece or abroad will be considered an asset;

• An excellent command of the English language;

• Organizational skills and capacity to be detail – oriented;

• Ability to conduct legal research, interpret legislation and case law.

Preferred skills:

• Previous experience in tax, civil (especially inheritance law) and corporate law;

• Diploma/Seminars in tax law.