Legal Counsel

BlackTide Partners; Horgen; On-site; CHF 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

BlackTide Partners seeks an experienced in-house Legal Counsel to tackle legal issues across contract, consumer, competition, advertising, employment, and financial market law for cashless payment initiatives in Switzerland. You will draft contracts, support projects, prepare submissions to authorities, and create templates.

Fluent German and English are required; Swiss law qualifications and several years in-house experience are essential.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience as in-house legal counsel in finance or commercial law.
• Swiss Master of Law and Swiss bar exam.
• Fluent German (native) and excellent English (written and spoken).
• Independent and proactive team player with strong negotiation and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Drafting contracts and providing legal support (initially with guidance).
• Legal oversight of projects and managing projects independently where suitable.
• Clarifying legal issues and preparing submissions to authorities and courts.
• Creating templates and contract models when needed.

Skills

Negotiation

Planning

In-house experience

Languages: German & English

Education

Swiss Master of Law

Swiss bar exam

Job description

Main Activities of the Department / Project Scope

As a Legal Counsel at the forefront of legal developments, you will easily engage with various legal areas and topics. Working in a motivated team, you will tackle exciting legal challenges related to cashless payment systems. With your competent advice, you will actively contribute to seizing business opportunities and play a tangible role in securing the long-term success of the company and protecting its assets.

Main Responsibilities

The Legal Counsel will handle legal issues, particularly in the following areas:

• Contract Law
• Consumer Credit Law
• Advertising and Competition Law
• Employment Law
• Financial Market Law (e.g., banking, anti-money laundering, insurance)
• Criminal Law
• Data Protection Law
• Commercial and Corporate Law
• Debt Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law
• Intellectual Property Law

Additional responsibilities include:

• Supporting the General Counsel and peers with legal oversight of projects, and increasingly managing such projects independently if suitable.
• Drafting contracts under instruction and providing legal support (initially with guidance).
• Clarifying legal issues.
• Preparing submissions to authorities and courts.
• Creating templates and contract models when needed.

Time Allocation

• 60%: Drafting contracts, memos, legal assessments, and reviewing marketing materials (initially under instruction).
• 40%: Legal support of projects including minor reviews and opinions (possibly including training); drafting legal submissions under guidance where appropriate.

Other Key Tasks

• Managing the balance between legal requirements and departmental expectations.
• Efficient and practical application of legal expertise in company-related matters.
• Ideally, a solid understanding of legal areas relevant to the credit card and consumer credit sectors.

Special Requirements for the Candidate (Education, Experience, Software Skills)

• Independent and proactive team player with strong negotiation and planning skills. Importance: High
• Strong interest in contract, consumer, competition, and advertising law; curiosity for digital transformation; excellent communication skills. Importance: High
• Several years of experience as in-house legal counsel in finance or commercial law firm; Swiss Master of Law and Swiss bar exam. Importance: High
• Fluent in German (native level); excellent English (written and spoken). Importance: High

Language Skills

• German Spoken: Native, Written: Very good
• English Spoken: Very good, Written: Very good