Job Description:
For our legal team in Switzerland, we are looking for a dedicated Senior Legal Counsel as soon as possible.
Tasks:
In particular the following topics:
- Drafting and negotiation of complex commercial agreements: CXM contracts (website creation, app development, CRM management, etc.), media service agreements, personal data processing agreements and other contracts
- Management and record keeping of corporate matters
- Giving advice in the areas of intellectual property law relating to the IT sector (software development, licensing, etc.), advertising laws and competition law
- Giving advice in the area of AI (compliance in AI development, review of AI tool legal terms used internally or for client projects, etc.)
- Support of the General Counsel in keeping a risk register
- Provision of legal and strategic advice to stakeholders
- Support of internal investigations
- Close cooperation with the business units and training of the business units on relevant legal and compliance topics and processes
- Advice on issues relating to temporary employment, labor lease and nearshoring and offshoring
- Support and handling of questions around personal data protection
- Development of practical solutions and close collaboration with the business units and stakeholders
- Management of and liaising with external lawyers and consultants
Profile
- Very good academic record
- Extensive post-qualification experience (approximately 6 years), with law firm experience.
- Swiss bar admission
- Strong commercial and economic understanding, negotiating skills and a confident manner when dealing with stakeholders
- Significant experience and knowledge of key legal principles relating to specialist areas of law.
- Experience in risk management and managing compliance programs
- Good knowledge of corporate governance
- Very good communication and presentation skills.
- Solid knowledge of intellectual property law
- Solid knowledge of applicable legislation around AI
- Willingness to work closely with the business and support it as a strategic partner
- Results-oriented and efficient approach
- Strong communication skills and assertiveness
- Excellent team player
- Business fluent in English and German (fluency in French is a plus)
- High resilience and flexibility
You can expect to work in an international, collaborative and successful team in a dynamic environment. We offer great office facilities and flexible workplace arrangements (to be discussed individually and depending on the team).
Location:
ZürichBrand:
DentsuTime Type:
Full timeContract Type:
PermanentSkills Required
- Very good academic record
- Approximately six years of extensive post-qualification legal experience
- Law firm experience
- Swiss bar admission
- Strong commercial and economic understanding
- Strong negotiating skills and confident stakeholder manner
- Significant experience with relevant specialist legal principles
- Experience in risk management and compliance program management
- Good knowledge of corporate governance
- Very good communication and presentation skills
- Solid knowledge of intellectual property law
- Solid knowledge of applicable AI legislation
- Willingness to act as a strategic business partner
- Results-oriented and efficient approach
- Strong communication skills and assertiveness
- Excellent team-player skills
- Business fluency in English and German
- Fluency in French
- High resilience and flexibility
dentsu Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about dentsu and has not been reviewed or approved by dentsu.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave at full pay and caregiver supports (including backup care) are emphasized as standout elements. Feedback suggests family-oriented benefits are a strong part of the package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible or unlimited PTO, extensive paid holidays, and a year-end office closure are established components. Feedback suggests time-off policies are generous and add meaningful flexibility.
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Retirement Support — A large, established 401(k) plan with employer matching is clearly documented. Feedback suggests retirement benefits feel competitive and straightforward.
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