Tasks / Competencies / Responsibility
Position: Litigation Lawyer
Level: Senior
Working hours: 100%
Place of work: Zurich
Line manager: Dr. Alexander Lindemann
Functional objective:
✓ Acquisition of mandates in the field of law
✓ Comprehensive legal advice to national and international clients in judicial and extrajudicial disputes, in particular:
- Civil and commercial disputes
- Capital market disputes
- Banking and stock exchange disputes
- Regulatory disputes
- Contractual disputes
- Arbitration and mediation proceedings
- Criminal proceedings and criminal disputes
✓ Development and implementation of litigation strategies
✓ Preparation of complex written pleadings and legal opinions
✓ Advising clients in courts and arbitration tribunals
✓ Negotiations with opposing parties and their lawyers
✓ Asserting and defending claims
✓ Client care and advice throughout the proceedings
✓ Representation of clients before courts and arbitration tribunals
✓ 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
✓ Chargeable hours
✓ Client satisfaction
✓ Marketing activities (newsletters, videos, events)
Job profile
Gender: M / F
Age: 30-50
Expertise
Education/further training:
✓ Swiss bar admission and first-class qualification
Professional experience:
✓ 5 to 15 years of relevant professional experience in a law firm, auditing firm or financial services company
Languages:
✓ Stylistically confident English at the appropriate level
✓ Stylistically confident German at the appropriate level
Social skills
✓ Communication skills / negotiation skills
✓ Self-assertion and assertiveness
✓ Social intelligence / psychological sensitivity / empathy
✓ Contact skills / customer and market orientation
✓ Teamwork / willingness to cooperate
✓ Integrity
Self-competence
✓ Performance motivation / professional ambition / stamina
✓ 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
✓ Management 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!