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Glenmede Trust Co

Fiduciary Counsel

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  • Full Time
  • Philadelphia, PA
August 18, 2025 Attorney

Job Description

Empowering Financial Futures.

For more than 65 years, Glenmede’s independent ownership, innovation and unwavering commitment to our clients have made us a trusted partner for private wealth, endowment & foundation, and investment management clients.

Our people are invaluable. Through a team-oriented environment, your knowledge, expertise and varied backgrounds contribute to thoughtful innovation. Our culture fosters opportunities for continuous career growth and development in all areas of the organization. Working at Glenmede, you will experience the infrastructure and resources of a large firm combined with the client and employee focus of an independently owned boutique.

This position will operate in a hybrid work environment, 3 days per week in the office (Philadelphia, PA).

OVERVIEW:

The Fiduciary Counsel will act as the Company’s internal legal advisor on trust, estate and other fiduciary matters.  This position will work collaboratively across the enterprise to provide practical, knowledgeable and effective advice to both The Glenmede Trust Company, N.A. and The Glenmede Trust Company of Delaware. This position will report to the General Counsel in Philadelphia.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Internal Legal Counsel. Serve as trusted and practical advisor for trust administration, estate settlement and wealth advisory matters. Provide legal advice to the Private Wealth and Endowments & Foundations business lines. Work collaboratively with outside counsel to resolve fiduciary issues. Manage, advise and resolve legal disputes; effectively manage and liaise with outside counsel on fiduciary proceedings in multiple state court forums. Manage third-party subpoena responses and productions. Provide creative yet prudent advice on complex transactions and structures as well as on questions concerning wealth advisory agreements, fee structures, nonjudicial settlement agreements, procedures and best practices. Counsel and support Private Wealth colleagues to ensure proper trust administration, including trust decantings and trust situs transfers. Collaborate with Business Development Officers on prospective clients involving complex fiduciary appointments.

External Presence. This position will also need to maintain excellent working relations with the community of attorneys and other advisors who advise our clients and potential clients. In addition, this position will have the opportunity to write and to speak on emerging issues in the industry and the practice area.

Legal and Business Strategy.  Glenmede’s Legal, Audit, Risk, Compliance, and Office of the Corporate Secretary department (LARC) works collaboratively to establish an overall strategy, manage projects with a firm-wide impact, and provide critical support and advice to all areas of the enterprise. This position must be a key contributor to developing and achieving key strategic initiatives within LARC.

Firm Building. Take an engaged role in firm-wide initiatives and projects, including participation in committees or working groups, enhancing the client experience, increasing productivity, and leading training and education initiatives.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Bachelors and Juris Doctor degrees required. 
  • Minimum seven (7) years progressive experience at a law firm, trust company or corporate in-house position required.
  • Must be admitted and in good standing in at least one state bar. 

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Excellent leadership, project management and collaboration skills as well as deep subject matter expertise and a proven track record are required for this position.
  • Demonstrated ability to delegate, develop and effectively problem solve. 
  • Experience with broad range of wealth management and wealth transfer structures, including dynasty trusts, asset protection trusts, directed trusts, charitable trusts and individual retirement accounts. 
  • Experience with wide range of court proceedings, including accountings, probate matters, will contests, and litigation matters.
  • Experience with alternative / special assets. 
  • Financial Services industry experience preferred, particularly in investment and wealth management.
  • Must have solid judgment on trust and fiduciary matters.        
  • Must have practical business judgment and executive decision-making.
  • Excellent organizational skills, analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to travel, as needed, for client meetings. 

Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, Glenmede has 9 office locations in the US. For further information, please visit http://www.glenmede.com.

Our Benefits Overview:

-Competitive health and welfare benefits, including company HSA contributions

-Numerous voluntary benefit choices available 

-Superior 401k match  

-Tuition reimbursement 

-Company subsidized commuter benefits

-Generous paid time off, including parental leave 

-Plus more!

Glenmede is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Glenmede is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. All employment decisions, including hiring decisions, at Glenmede are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications in full compliance with all local, state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of any status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Glenmede will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. https://www.glenmede.com/equal-opportunity-employer/

** We are not seeking agency assistance with this role. No agencies, third parties, or phone calls, please. Glenmede is not accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Glenmede via-email, the Internet, or directly without a valid written search agreement will be deemed the sole property of Glenmede, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Glenmede

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