Tasks / Competencies / Responsibility
Position: Regulatory Lawyer
Level: Senior
Working hours: 100%
Place of work: Zurich
Line manager: Dr. Alexander Lindemann
Job objective:
✓ Acquisition of mandates in the field of law
✓ Comprehensive legal advice to national and international clients on all regulatory aspects of the financial services sector, in particular:
- Banking law, insurance law, collective investment schemes law, capital markets law and asset management
- FINMA regulations (FINMASA, FINMAO) and other relevant laws (Swiss Code of Obligations, GWG)
✓ Advising and supporting clients in complying with national and international laws and regulations, including CSSF, MFSA, FMA, CIMA, BaFin supervisory law and AML/KYC regulations
✓ Communicating with supervisory authorities
✓ Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts and legal documents in the financial services sector, including due diligence and structuring complex transactions
✓ Representing clients in regulatory disputes and arbitration proceedings
✓ Participating 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
Professional expertise
Education:
✓ Swiss bar exam and first-class qualification
✓ Additional studies in commercial law or financial law
✓ Notary licence (desired)
Professional experience:
✓ 5 to 15 years of relevant professional experience in a law firm, auditing firm, bank or asset management
Languages:
✓ Stylistically confident, appropriate English
✓ Fluent, appropriate German
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 / endurance
✓ Resilience / stress resistance / frustration tolerance
✓ Personal responsibility / Reliability / Adherence to deadlines
✓ Analytical and integrative thinking
✓ Flexibility / Openness to new ideas
✓ Personal impact (charisma, appearance, presence)
Leadership skills
✓ Complex problem solving / Networked thinking
✓ Motivation for leadership and organisation
✓ Leadership development / Coaching skills
✓ Priority setting / 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 the new member to our team!