Heading the banks legal department, the incumbent will manage and coach the legal team to proactively and professionally support all business lines of the Bank by providing a timely and high level legal support and advice while ensuring all activities are compliant with relevant laws and regulatory requirements.

Job description/ key responsibilities:

• Lead the Bank legal department. Provide strong and continuous leadership, supervision, training and development of department staff ensuring an effective and motivated team
• Act as senior legal advisor for all legal aspects of the Bank in Switzerland and abroad
• Support relationship managers and management of the Bank in legal matters regarding the daily business of the Private Banking division
• Ensure a sound and up to date knowledge of laws and regulation in the banking industry in order to successfully combine our legal framework with our business needs and activities
• Review and ensure that all internal directives are kept up to date with applicable regulations, notably by serving as expert for the Regulatory Watch Committee
• Ensure that client onboarding documentation are in accordance with applicable regulations
• Manage all legal cases, claims and litigations and liaise with external legal advisors. Assist HR in efficient management of labour law litigations
• Maintain and review all legal agreements and contracts to be entered into by the Bank
• Support the legal needs of all entities of the group, including in the set-up of foreign entities and/or Rep Offices and liaise and coordinate activities with her/his counterparts in other entities of the Group

Professional experience & competencies:

• 7-10 years of experience in a similar position in a private Bank including successful experience in people management and leadership
• Ability to combine technical expertise with a clear and persuasive communication style and the confidence and independence to make sound judgement calls
• Ability to work and experience in working in a complex matrix organization
•  Strong report writing skills French and English
• Strong attention to detail and execution skills
• Proven track record of success in a similar role
• Practical, pragmatic, business oriented and hardworking
• Excellent client relationship management experience
• Actively manage the expectations of the different stakeholders

Personal competencies:

• Strong leadership and influencing skills
• Capability to manage and motivate people, acting as a coach
• Organisational agility, good business acumen with the ability to build long lasting relationships in the internal networ
• Good interpersonal skills to work cohesively with colleagues and provide leadership on legal issues
• Excellent communication skills both oral and in writing
• Passion and commitment with high personal integrity
• Ability to work under pressure, to prioritize, assess risks and make pragmatic and business- centric decisions in line with legal requirements
• Pragmatic approach and finding business oriented solutions
• Independent of thought
• Results oriented
• Strategic thinking & with follow-up execution

Language requirements:

• Fluent in French and English with solid communication and presentation skills
• Good knowledge of German (reading in particular)

IT Skills:

• User level in all common IT tools (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Education:

• Swiss certified Lawyer with bar admission

Domiciled in Switzerland