Senior Associate

Function: Senior Associate – Corporate Law

Level: Senior

Workload: 100%

Place of work: Zurich

Functional objective:

✓ Acquisition of mandates in the field of law

✓ Comprehensive legal advice to national and international clients on all aspects of corporate law, in particular:

• Corporate Law and Corporate Governance
• M&A Transactions
• Corporate Structuring
• Financing law
• Capital markets
• Restructuring and insolvency law

✓ Regulatory, legal and tax project management for a broad portfolio of corporate structures

✓ Notarization of contracts

✓ Conducting customer meetings on corporate law topics and regulatory approval issues

✓ Drafting and/or reviewing contracts, regulations, financing documents and responsibility for corporate governance issues

✓ Negotiating with stakeholders of the client, authorities and other service providers

✓ Representing clients before courts and arbitration

tribunals ✓ Participating in the development of new products and services

✓ Actively participating in an international team

✓ Participating in industry events and conferences

✓ Active use of AI

MbO / Metrics:

The target agreement is based on quantitative and qualitative criteria. The focus is on

✓ Acquisition of mandates in the field

of law

✓ Cross-selling

✓ Billable hours

✓ Customer satisfaction

✓ Marketing activities (newsletters, videos, events)

Job requirements:

Education:

✓ Swiss bar admission and first-class qualification

✓ Additional studies in business law or financial law

✓ Notary license

Professional experience:

✓ 5 to 15 years of relevant professional experience in a law firm, auditing firm, bank or asset management

Languages:

✓ Stylistically confident, level-appropriate English

✓ Stylistically confident, level-appropriate German and French

Social skills

✓ Communication skills / negotiation skills

✓ Self-assertiveness and assertiveness

✓ Social intelligence / psychological sensitivity / empathy

✓ Sociability / customer and market orientation

✓ Ability to work in a team / willingness to

cooperate

✓ Integrity

Self-competence

✓ Motivation to perform / professional ambition / perseverance

✓ Resilience / stress resistance / frustration tolerance

✓ Personal responsibility / reliability / adherence to deadlines

✓ Analytical-integrative thinking

✓ Flexibility / openness to new things

✓ Personal impact (charisma, appearance)

Leadership

✓ Complex problem-solving / networked thinking

✓ Leadership and design motivation

✓ Leadership development / coaching competence

✓ Prioritization / delegation

✓ Planning and organization

✓ Entrepreneurial thinking

We are a World-leading law firm to support influential entrepreneurs, families and enterprises in all areas of their professional and private lives in Switzerland and globally with full spectrum of litigation and arbitration, business law, tax advisory, notarial services, relocation, residence permits, real estate, mergers & acquisitions, holding structures, trusts, foundations, mutual funds and strategic advisory services. We serve clients with regulatory licensing, stock exchange listings, bond issuances, structured products, and blockchain-based token offerings. Additionally, we advise on government relations and lobbying, as well as negotiating with high level transactions. Our firm counts among its clients many of most successful Swiss and global entrepreneurs in industry and finance as well as countless Forbes billionaires.

Ready to take the next step in your legal career?

Then we look forward to receiving your application, including your CV and cover letter, un