Senior Legal Counsel

Job Description:

For our legal team in Switzerland, we are looking for a dedicatedSenior Legal Counsel as soon as possible.

Tasks:

In particular the following topics:

• Drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements: CXM contracts (website creation, app development, CRM management, etc.), media service agreements, personal data processing agreements and other contracts
• Management and record keeping of corporate matters
• Giving advice in the areas of intellectual property law relating to the IT sector (software development, licensing, etc.), advertising laws and competition law
• Giving advice in the area of AI (compliance in AI development, review of AI tool legal terms used internally or for client projects, etc.)
• Support of the General Counsel in keeping a risk register
• Provision of legal and strategic advice to stakeholders
• Support of internal investigations
• Close cooperation with the business units and training of the business units on relevant legal and compliance topics and processes
• Advice on issues relating to temporary employment, labor lease and nearshoring and offshoring
• Support and handling of questions around personal data protection
• Development of practical solutions and close collaboration with the business units and stakeholders
• Management of and liaising with external lawyers and consultants

Profile

• Very good academic record
• Extensive post-qualification experience (approximately 6 years), with law firm experience.
• Swiss bar admission
• Strong commercial and economic understanding, negotiating skills and a confident manner when dealing with stakeholders
• Significant experience and knowledge of key legal principles relating to specialist areas of law. 
• Experience in risk management and managing compliance programs
• Good knowledge of corporate governance
• Very good communication and presentation skills.
• Solid knowledge of intellectual property law
• Solid knowledge of applicable legislation around AI
• Willingness to work closely with the business and support it as a strategic partner
• Results-oriented and efficient approach
• Strong communication skills and assertiveness
• Excellent team player
• Business fluent in English and German (fluency in French is a plus)
• High resilience and flexibility

You can expect to work in an international, collaborative and successful team in a dynamic environment. We offer great office facilities and flexible workplace arrangements (to be discussed individually and depending on the team).

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