Financial Services Legal Counsel

Axiom; Zürich; Remote; CHF 120’000 - 180’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Axiom, a leader in alternative legal services, seeks a Financial Services Legal Counsel to advise clients across various financing sectors. The role entails providing legal guidance, engaging in negotiations, and ensuring compliance with laws while offering a flexible work environment. Ideal candidates will possess significant legal experience in relevant industries and demonstrate strong language skills.

Leistungen

Health Benefits

Pension Plan

Professional Development Resources

Learning Programs

Qualifikationen

• 2 to 10 years post-qualification legal experience in house or as law firm secondee.
• Experience in banking, asset management, private equity or capital markets.
• Business proficient English; German fluency desirable.

Aufgaben

• Advise clients on regulatory compliance and alignment with laws.
• Structure and review finance services offerings and transactions.
• Draft, review and negotiate legal documentation as necessary.
• Manage domestic and cross-border legal transactions.

Kenntnisse

Legal Compliance

Negotiation

Regulatory Knowledge

Drafting

Analytical Thinking

Cross-functional Collaboration

Ausbildung

Juris Doctor or Equivalent

Jobbeschreibung

We are currently seeking Financial Services Legal Counsel to work with various Axiom clients across a range of industries.

Axiom is at the forefront of re-shaping the legal market. We are the first port of call for companies and legal departments across the globe when it comes to providing highly qualified lawyers for day-to-day internal work, as well as complex internal and external legal advice. Our innovative business model breaks away from many organisations' traditional reliance on law firms and offers our clients greater flexibility and efficiency. We are trusted by world-renowned organisations, which is reflected in our outstanding Net Promoter Scores on our both clients' and employees' sides.

Join our team and support our mission to revolutionise the legal industry. Apply today and discover why Axiom is the leading employer in the alternative legal services sector.

Responsibilities :

• Advise clients on legal, regulatory, and compliance issues across a broad range of areas to ensure policies and procedures align with applicable laws and regulations.
• Structure, review, and provide legal guidance on a wide range of finance services offerings and transactions, including banking matters, capital markets, private equity, fund distribution, investment funds, lending, and loans.
• Engage in the drafting, review, and negotiation of documents as needed, potentially including loan agreements, intercreditor agreements, fund documentation, security agreements, investment prospectuses, ISDA, derivatives, NDAs, etc.
• Advising both on domestic and cross-border transactions including managing external counsel.
• As needed, support the Board and Management Committees on a range of legal tasks and projects, including drafting internal policies, SLAs, and governance documents.

Qualifications :

• 2 to 10 years of post-qualification legal experience gained in an in-house environment (directly, or as a law firm secondee), including experience within a bank or financial services institution.
• Openness to part-time or full-time roles.
• Strong academic credentials and post-qualification experience, ideally in a banking, asset management, private equity, or capital markets environment.
• Ability to work both independently and cross-functionally.
• Right to work in Switzerland and eligibility to practice as a lawyer in Switzerland.
• Business proficient English, with additional fluency in German being highly desirable.

Compensation, Benefits & Location :

This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiomites predominately work remotely, with the exception that some clients require on-site presence.

Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.