Legal Officer

  • Full-time

Company Description

By joining Swissquote, you will become a member of the sector's leading company. You will be encouraged to develop your skills and to grow within teams of highly qualified specialists. We encourage personal development and actively support creative team work, leadership and responsibility.

Job Description

As a Legal Officer, you will be part of the Legal department. Amongst others, your tasks will typically be the following :

  • Review, negotiate and draft contracts and/or any other documentation of the Bank
  • Manage and assist with communications with data subjects, clients, partners, regulators or other authorities
  • Take care of complaints or litigation matters
  • Provide legal support to the management of the Bank as well as to subsidiaries of the Bank (including abroad)
  • Provide appropriate legal support and advice to the different departments of the Bank
  • Provide legal analysis of new banking and privacy & data protection laws as well as new technologies and monitor regulatory changes
  • Advise on and identify legal requirements and controls to enable privacy compliance
  • Write, implement and review internal policies and procedures.

Qualifications

  • Master degree in Law, preferably from a Swiss university
  • Membership to a Bar or any additional qualifications are considered as an asset
  • Familiarity with the financial services industry is a plus
  • Affinity with technology and understanding of related legislation (data protection, IT & IP)
  • Perfect command of English and French with very good command of German
  • Strong drafting capacities, e.g. of contracts or procedures
  • Ease to communicate with stakeholders globally verbally and in writing, both internally and externally
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Strong team-working and collaboration skills
  • Ability to monitor and organise own workload and meet work objectives
  • Ability to work autonomously and under pressure
  • Self-motivation.

 

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