Group Legal Counsel & Contract Manager

MCI Switzerland; Genf; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

mci group in Geneva, Switzerland, seeks a Group Legal Counsel & Contract Manager to provide practical legal support across the group. You will strengthen contract management, advise stakeholders, support governance and insurance matters, and ensure regulatory compliance.

The role focuses on drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, implementing SOPs, and training staff on contracting requirements while coordinating KYC and signatory updates within a global team.

Qualifications

• Degree in Law is required.
• 4–5 years of proven experience in a legal department.
• Fluent in English and French; additional languages are an asset.

Responsibilities

• Contracting
• Implement strong SOPs around contracting, contract management, and contract compliance
• Draft, negotiate, review, and advise on commercial contracts and other legally driven corporate intragroup agreements
• Support training and skills-building of mci group staff around legal contracting requirements
• Provide legal advice
• Advise on compliance with financial and non-financial disclosure requirements, listing rules, and corporate governance standards
• Clarify legal language and specifications for organization-wide understanding
• Monitor legal and regulatory changes
• Maintain mci group entities’ permanent files up to date
• Handle KYC requests
• Coordinate updates of authorized signatories
• Build expertise in insurance-related legal matters
• Act as liaison between operations, insurance brokers and group legal function
• Review main client and supplier contracts
• Negotiate with third parties

Skills

English/French fluency

Stakeholder communication

Contract management

Legal advisory

Education

Law degree

Job description

We are an independent global marketing communications group with a human‑first approach. We connect strategy, creativity, technology and operations to help brands and organisations grow with purpose. Our global network supports more than 1,200 clients across 34 countries, backed by over 35 years of experience. Under the mci group umbrella, our agencies bring together world‑class talent in strategy, creative development, account leadership, technology, production and research to shape meaningful, lasting impact.

About the role

The Group Legal Counsel & Contract Manager provides practical legal and contracting support across mci group, strengthening contract management, advising internal stakeholders, supporting corporate governance and insurance matters, and helping ensure compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements through collaborative and commercially focused solutions.

What you’ll do

• Contracting
• Implement strong SOPs around contracting, contract management, and contract compliance
• Draft, negotiate, review, and advice on commercial contracts and other legally driven corporate intragroup agreements
• Support training and skills-building of mci group staff around legal contracting requirements.
• Legal advice
• Advise on compliance with financial and non-financial disclosure requirements, listing rules, and corporate governance standards
• Clarify legal language and specifications for organization-wide understanding
• Monitor legal and regulatory changes
• Corporate governance
• Maintain mci group entities’ permanent files up to date
• Handle KYC requests
• Coordinate updates of authorized signatories
• Insurance
• Build expertise in insurance-related legal matters
• Act as a reliable liaison between operations, insurance brokers and the group legal function
• MCI Suisse SA support
• Implement the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) tool
• Review main client and supplier contracts
• Negotiate with third parties

What we’re looking for

• Degree in Law, additional certification is an asset
• 4/5 years of proven experience in a legal department.
• Fluent in English and French; additional languages are an asset.
• Experience in an international environment
• High degree of professionalism and ability to communicate clearly with different stakeholders
• Interaction with front-office operational teams
• Self-motivated
• Innovative mindset

Location: Geneva, Switzerland

Workload: 100%

Contract type: Permanent contract

Team: HQ Finance

mci group is where you can bring your true self to work and be proud of what you do. Join us and make a difference!