Senior Legal Counsel (70-100%)
Job description
Breitling stands apart from other watch brands with its focus on casual, sustainable and inclusive luxury. We are looking for a Senior Legal Counsel who will be supporting the company in its international growth. In your position, you will report directly to the Global Head of Legal & Compliance. The job location may be the office in Grenchen and/or Zurich, with an additional flexibility of home office for this position (3-4 days a week).
Your main responsibilities:
- Your will be responsible for ensuring excellence in contracts drafting throughout the Legal & Compliance function, including reviewing and establishing best practice within the team
- Main tasks include drafting, reviewing and finalizing various national and international commercial agreements, such as cooperation, consultancy, sponsoring and licensing agreements, and selective contribution on key aspects related to a wide range of other supply and customers agreements
- You will take care of drafting, reviewing and finalizing compliance policies based on input from internal and external stakeholders, support for the communication of the policies across the group
- You will organize your workload across all contract drafting-topics autonomously and independently – English will be your main working language
Job requirements
Your profile:
- You have at least 3 years of experience in high profile commercial law firm (in contracts drafting across jurisdictions, focus on continental law)
- You hold a Master’s of Laws degree with respective bar exam (Swiss or European)
- You can put forward your MS Office skills (especially Word, Excel or PowerPoint)
- Detail-oriented, you are focused on qualitative deliveries
- You have intrinsic motivation, ownership and are a hands-on contributor
- Your colleagues describe you as a team player and an aspiring leader
- You have a nearly-native or proficiency level in both English and French
At Breitling, we are:
- Entrepreneurially-minded
- Doers and results-driven
- Innovative thinkers
- Explorers and experimenters
- Ethical and inclusive
- Inspired by heritage and craftsmanship