BASEL OFFICE - Senior Legal Counsel

Viking; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 180.000 - 260.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Viking is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to support its legal function. The role reports to the General Counsel and interacts with the executive team and external stakeholders.

It involves advising on diverse legal issues across the organization, including financing and corporate matters. The successful candidate will be business-focused, hands-on, and possess strong negotiation and communication skills, with a background in civil/common law and ideally in-house corporate experience.

Qualifikationen

• Best in class law firm experience required.
• Civil and common law experience essential.
• Commercial law experience with strong negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in writing and negotiating contracts.
• Ability to be the legal sparring partner on a broad range of topics.
• Law degree and ideally LL.M.

Aufgaben

• Advise on a broad range of legal issues across Viking’s business.
• Support financing activities and corporate matters.
• Collaborate with executive team and internal/external stakeholders.
• Develop strategies to address risk while enabling business growth.

Kenntnisse

Best in class law firm experience

Civil and common law experience

Commercial law experience

Contract drafting & negotiation

Sparring partner on legal topics

Law degree & LL.M.

Ausbildung

Law degree (J.D./LL.B.)

LL.M. (preferred)

Jobbeschreibung

Viking (NYSE: VIK) is a global leader in experiential travel with a fleet of more than 100 ships, exploring 21 rivers, five oceans and all seven continents. Designed for curious travelers with interests in science, history, culture and cuisine, Chairman Torstein Hagen often says Viking offers experiences For The Thinking Person. Viking has more than 450 awards to its name, including being rated #1 for Rivers and #1 for Oceans five years in a row by Conde Nast Traveler and the 2025 Readers’ Choice Awards. Viking is also rated a “Worlds Best” by Travel + Leisure—no other travel company has simultaneously received such honors by both publications.

Please note that we can only accept applicants who are eligible to work in Switzerland or in possession of a valid work permit.

Role Description & Key Responsibilities

Viking is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to play a key role in its legal function. This position will report directly into the General Counsel, Allison Becker, and will play a critical role in Viking’s day-to-day business, contributing to a broad range of matters. The Senior Legal Counsel will interact directly with Viking’s executive team and other internal as well as external stakeholders and have an opportunity to advise on legal issues in a variety of areas across the organization. The Senior Legal Counsel contributes to the business with complex legal and business problems, including financing. The hired candidate will have the opportunity to develop strategies for handling legal issues in business‑centric ways and build processes that address risk, allow the business flexibility and freedom to continue to grow. In addition to corporate legal matters, this Senior Legal Counsel will support Viking’s financing activities, which are critical to the business.

The successful candidate will have a business‑first mentality and collaborate effectively with both internal and external stakeholders. They will possess a “hands on” and “roll up their sleeves” working style, strong communication skills, low‑ego, and a strong work ethic built on a service‑first mentality.

Key Qualifications

• Best in class law firm experience
• Civil and common law experience
• Commercial law experience and excellent negotiation skills
• Proficiency in writing and negotiating contracts
• Ability to be the legal sparring partner on a broad range of legal topics
• Law degree and ideally LL.M.

Additional Qualifications Which Are An Asset

• Corporate in‑house experience
• Public company experience
• Shipping, travel & tourism or hospitality experience
• Financing experience
• Bar exam

Competencies & Personality

Driving Business Results & Efficiencies

The new Senior Legal Counsel is a business‑mindful legal leader and strong business partner who helps keep the focus on customers and business to deliver results. He/she creates a safe environment for calculated risk taking and innovation. The ideal candidate is constantly looking for ways to improve the ways of working, through flexible, effective and efficient work processes.

Influencing Collaboratively

The ideal candidate demonstrates strong stakeholder management skills. She/he knows how to effectively have impact at the highest levels of an organization and knows how to align with senior executives and establish themself as a trusted sparring partner.

Strategic Planning & Judgement

The ideal candidate exhibits exceptional administrative and organizational skills. He/she demonstrates strong analytical abilities and an extremely high attention to detail. In addition, the ideal candidate brings expertise in financing. With a curious mindset, he/she employs effective coordination and communication skills to draw insights from different perspectives for creative problem solving. Furthermore, the ideal candidate makes sense of complex data, trends, and dynamics on a continually evolving basis, understands and anticipates the potential impact these may have, and uses them to shape the direction of the business.

Personality

Viking is looking for a person who likes to take ownership and is very hands‑on, knows how to deal with ambiguity, is smart & dynamic, solutions‑oriented, ambitious and brings a high intrinsic motivation to excel in the role.