Tasks / Competencies / Responsibility
Position: Fintech Lawyer
Level: Senior
Working hours: 100%
Place of work: Zurich
Line manager: Dr Alexander Lindemann
Job objective:
✓ Acquisition of clients in the field of law
✓ Comprehensive legal advice to national and international clients on all aspects of fintech law, in particular:
- development and operation of fintech products and services
- regulation of the fintech sector
- payment transactions law
- crowdfunding and crowdinvesting
- blockchain technology and crypto currencies
- data protection and data security
✓ Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts and legal documents in the fintech sector, including partnership agreements, licence agreements and financing agreements
✓ Assisting clients in complying with national and international laws and regulations, including CSSF, MSFSA, FMA, CIMA, BaFin, AML/KYC and other regulatory requirements
✓ Coordinating and managing legal aspects of fintech projects, including due diligence and structuring innovative business models
✓ Negotiating with client stakeholders, authorities and other service providers
✓ Representing clients in courts and arbitration tribunals
✓ Involvement in the development of new products and services
✓ Active participation in an international team
✓ Participation 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 legal field
✓ Cross-selling
✓ Billable hours
✓ Client satisfaction
✓ Marketing activities (newsletters, videos, events)
Requirements
Gender: M / F
Age: 30-50
Expertise
Education:
✓ Swiss bar admission and first-class qualification
✓ Additional studies in business law or financial law
Professional experience:
✓ 5 to 15 years of relevant professional experience in a law firm, auditing firm or a company in the fintech or financial services sector
Languages:
✓ Stylistically confident English at the appropriate level
✓ Stylistically confident German at the appropriate level
Social skills
✓ Communication skills / negotiation skills
✓ Assertiveness and assertiveness
✓ Social intelligence / psychological sensitivity / empathy
✓ Contact skills / customer and market orientation
✓ Teamwork / willingness to cooperate
✓ Integrity
Self-competence
✓ Performance motivation / professional ambition / perseverance
✓ Resilience / stress resistance / frustration tolerance
✓ Personal responsibility / reliability / punctuality
✓ Analytical and integrative thinking
✓ Flexibility / openness to new ideas
✓ Personal impact (charisma, appearance, presence)
Leadership skills
✓ Complex problem solving / joined-up thinking
✓ Motivation for leadership and organisation
✓ Leadership development / coaching skills
✓ Prioritisation / delegation
✓ Planning and organisation
✓ Entrepreneurial thinking
To apply, please send your CV, a cover letter and references to Dr. iur. Alexander Lindemann at [email protected] and Shynar Lindemann at [email protected].
We look forward to hearing from you and welcoming you to our team!