Bessemer Trust has added Grant Gardner to its New York office as a principal and head of estate administration and fiduciary counsel.

Bessemer Trust has added Grant Gardner to its New York office as a principal and head of estate administration and fiduciary counsel.

Gardner will manage all estates for which Bessemer is serving as executor or as personal representative, reporting to Lynn Lederman, managing director and senior fiduciary counsel for the northeast.

Before joining Bessemer, Gardner worked within the estate administration departments at Northern Trust and US Trust Company. Earlier in his career, he practiced law with Holland & Knight and Kelley Drye & Warren.

Bessemer Trust focuses exclusively on ultra high net worth families and their foundations and endowments. The firm oversees $97.5 billion for approximately 2,200 clients.

Last month, Bessemer opened its 17th US office and its second in Texas, while appointing Jim Chandler as managing director and head of the new Houston location.