Job Detail

The ideal candidate will assume the following key responsibilities:

• Legal advice on Swiss and international financial market law related issues as well as monitoring of and preparation for new laws and regulations


• Special focus on international and domestic financial market regulation (e.g. MiFID II, EMIR, PRIIPS, FIDLEG, FMIA, FinSA etc.) including implementation thereof and advice thereon


• Advising all business units on legal matters, including liaison with external counsels where advice is outsourced as well as interaction with supervisory authority


• Support large projects (e.g. in regulatory matters)


• Legal assessment, drafting and structuring of agreements and commercial contracts, such as credit agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements etc.


• Creation and amendment of internal legal directives, maintain standard contracts and terms & conditions


• Assessments of merits of claims brought by or against the bank and support of external counsel where bank enters into litigation

The preferred skills for this position include:

• Swiss Law degree (Swiss bar exam, LL.M. or additional degree is an advantage)


• A minimum of 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in a legal function (financial sector or law firm) and sound know-how of international banking including the relevant laws and particularly regulations


• Interest in large regulatory projects (e.g. MiFID II, FIDLEG as set out above) and relevant work experience is a significant advantage


• Fluent in German and English (written and spoken); additional languages, particularly French is an advantage


• Strong knowledge of MS Office applications


• Independent, proactive, reliable and trustworthy team player

If your profile fits the above requirements, please send your complete Curriculum Vitae including certificates as PDF to Human Resources, Marco D’Angelo (marco.dangelo@falconpb.com).

Only direct applications will be considered for this vacancy.