Group Legal Counsel & Contract Manager

MCI Group; Genf; Ibrido; CHF 140.000 - 210.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

MCI Group, a global marketing communications group, seeks a Group Legal Counsel & Contract Manager to support contracting, governance, insurance matters and regulatory compliance. You will implement CLM tools, advise across internal stakeholders, and help ensure enterprise-wide legal standards in an international context.

The role emphasizes drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, maintaining records, and coordinating signatory updates within a dynamic, client-focused environment.

Competenze

• 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 stakeholders.
• Interaction with front-office operational teams.
• Self-motivated.

Mansioni

• Contracting: Draft, negotiate, review and advise on commercial contracts and intragroup agreements.
• Implement SOPs around contracting, contract management, and contract compliance.
• Support training and skills-building of staff around legal contracting requirements.
• Advise on compliance with disclosure requirements, listing rules, and governance standards.
• Maintain group entities’ permanent files and handle KYC requests.
• Coordinate updates of authorized signatories.
• Build expertise in insurance-related legal matters and liaise with insurers.
• Review main client and supplier contracts; negotiate with third parties.

Conoscenze

Fluent English

Fluent French

Stakeholder communication

Self-motivated

Formazione

Law degree

Descrizione del lavoro

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.

We're hiring: Group Legal Counsel & Contract Manager

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
• 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

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