Financial Services Legal Counsel

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.