Credit Suisse is a leading global wealth manager with strong investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, we have a global reach with operations in about 50 countries and employ more than 45,000 people from over 150 different nations. Embodying entrepreneurial spirit, Credit Suisse delivers holistic financial solutions to our clients, including innovative products and specially tailored advice. Striving for quality and excellence in our work, we recognize and reward extraordinary performance among our employees, provide wide-ranging training and development opportunities, and benefit from a diverse range of perspectives to create value for our clients, shareholders and communities. We are Credit Suisse.
We Offer
A challenging and interesting role as member of a team within the General Counsel Division, providing legal coverage to one of the bank's current key regulatory projects, affecting bank wide all divisions and regions.
A role where you act as an interface between legal and business and are responsible for providing comprehensive legal advice to various stakeholders related to products and contracts affected by the regulatory changes focusing on OTC derivatives.
A role within the legal stream of an interdisciplinary project in which you will be accountable for contract review as well as amendments to a portfolio of different types of contracts, and act as 2nd level support to negotiation teams.
A direct involvement in various - regional and global - project streams, which further develops your project skills and gives you the opportunity to work with specialists from all divisions and regions on various legal topics.
The engagement in several legal, regulatory and project working groups regionally as well as globally.
The opportunity to work in a challenging regulatory environment and to support and cooperate with Senior Management on operative but also strategic matters.
We are open do discuss flexible / agile working.
You Offer
A university degree in Law (JD, Master, LLM, etc.), a qualification as an attorney is an advantage.
A minimum of 3 years of experience in the banking industry or in a law firm with a focus on OTC derivatives.
You are strongly interested in financial products and show an interest in the current legal and regulatory developments applicable to finance products and affecting the finance industry (e.g. FinFraG, MIFID, PRIIPS, IBOR Transition etc.).
You have already demonstrated your strong project management and your analytical skills with a distinct flair for handling challenging issues.
Your strong interpersonal and communication skills for building up relationship with internal partners help you to work as trusted advisor to several stakeholders within the project.
You are a dedicated problem solver with a positive personality and can-do attitude.
As a committed team member, you show the ability to work efficiently and independently.
You possess proven skills of Microsoft Office application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Fluent verbal and written communication skills in English are required, strong knowledge of German is an advantage.
It would be a strong plus if you bring knowledge of any additional language (e.g. French or Italian).
*LI-CSJOB* Mr. Tim von Martin would be delighted to receive your application. Please apply via our career portal.
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