Legal Assistant & Paralegal

E123 Sulzer Management AG; Winterthur; On-site; CHF 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Social benefits

40-hour week

Discounts

Central location near Winterthur train

Job summary

Sulzer, a leading engineering company, is seeking a Legal Assistant and Paralegal to join the Legal, Compliance and Risk Management team in Switzerland. You will provide administrative support to the Legal & Compliance team, including IP, and report to the Head of Group Legal & Company Secretary at Sulzer’s headquarters.

Your duties include Swiss entity housekeeping, board meetings, shareholder registers, AGM preparation, and maintaining archives.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of paralegal/legal assistant experience in international setting.
• Certified paralegal education is a plus.
• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Provide specialized administrative support to the Legal & Compliance team.
• Assist in corporate housekeeping for Swiss entities and board-related tasks.
• Support AGM preparation, governance reports, and database management.
• Prepare travel arrangements and coordinate meetings.
• Liaise with IT, notary, and translation services; maintain archiving systems.
• Collaborate on cross-divisional projects and assist senior counsels.

Skills

Paralegal experience

German

English

Education

Paralegal certification

Job description

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. Join our global team to grow your expertise and develop innovative solutions that enable a prosperous and more sustainable society.

About the role Join our Legal, Compliance and Risk Management team within Group Functions division in Switzerland as Legal Assistant and Paralegal to help us take Group Legal to the next level. We are looking for someone who can provide specialized administrative support and secretarial assistance to the Legal & Compliance team including IP, and in particular to the Head Group Legal & Company Secretary at Sulzer’s headquarters.

Responsibilities

• Corporate housekeeping matters with regard to Swiss legal entities, including updating data and records in the relevant commercial registers
• support their corporate actions by planning and organizing board meetings, providing data, and maintaining structure charts and entity lists, both ad-hoc and periodically
• Administer the global legal entity management system and manage shareholder register matters
• Assist in the preparation of the AGM, the corporate governance report and internal project management logistics (e.g., assist in the collation of litigation and other compliance reports, administering insider trading lists, etc.)
• Make travel arrangements, prepare itineraries, and compile documents for travel-related meetings and schedule appointments and meetings for team events, trainings and the like
• Ensure proper signing in the context of M&A transactions, and manage all post-closing activities
• Maintain, manage, and keep up to date the legal and compliance paper and electronic archive as well as the internal document and contract management systems and databases
• Provide administrative support by preparing, reviewing, and processing expense notes, managing the translation of documents, liaising with the IT department, arranging delivery and collection of documents to and from the notary public office and the like
• Cross-divisional collaboration on special projects and perform legal research and assist in special projects in close collaboration with the senior legal counsels

Requirements

• At least 5 years of work experience as Paralegal, Legal Assistant or a similar role in an international corporation or law firm in Switzerland
• Certified education in paralegal practice is a plus
• Excellent proficiency in both German and English (written and spoken)
• Solution-oriented approach
• Strong attention to detail and meticulous working style

Benefits

• Excellent social benefits (holidays, pension fund etc.)
• 40-hours-work week
• Access to a wide range of discounts on Everyday Shopping, Entertainment and Lifestyle
• Central workplace, only 5 minutes from Winterthur train station

Sulzer is an equal opportunity employer. We believe in the strength of a diverse workforce and are committed to offering an inclusive work environment. We are proud to be recognized as a Top Employer 2026 in Brazil, Canada, China, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, Switzerland, South Africa, the UK and the USA.

Sulzer is a leading engineering company with a proud heritage of innovation. By supporting water and energy security, enabling the energy transition and driving the use of circular technologies, we help our customers build a better world. With more than 13’000 employees and 160 world-class production facilities and service centers across the globe, we are a globally diverse team. We value the uniqueness of all our colleagues, and we appreciate the contributions that each of us makes to the company’s success. We prioritize your health and safety and are committed to offering a work environment in which you can thrive.

Are you interested in other opportunities at Sulzer? Feel free to introduce yourself to our team