Experienced Corporate Lawyer

Experienced Corporate Lawyer

About this offer

Are you looking for a new challenge in the field of law? Are you interested in a career within a growing company? Join the Forvis Mazars adventure and build the future with us! Join our Lausanne team as a Corporate Lawyer (corporate law) (start date to be agreed).

Your mission

Your main role will be to assist our clients with all their corporate law questions and to supervise the work carried out by the less experienced members of our legal team in this area. You will work directly with the head of our legal department and participate in its development. You will also contribute to supporting our Zurich teams.

Your responsibilities will notably include:

• Advising our clients on the creation, structuring, and development of companies
• Supporting our clients during company formation and coordinating with notaries
• Drafting and reviewing commercial contracts, statutes, transfer deeds, intragroup agreements
• Advising our clients on corporate governance (organization of powers, risk prevention, etc.)
• Drafting and negotiating shareholder/partner agreements
• Drafting organizational regulations
• Creating and delivering training for our clients on corporate law
• Preparing minutes of ordinary and extraordinary general meetings as well as board meetings
• Drafting registration requests for the Commercial Register and monitoring procedures
• Advising our clients on transformation, merger, demerger, as well as asset transfer and drafting related legal documentation
• Conducting due diligence, drafting related reports, and participating in meetings with various stakeholders
• Drafting and reviewing share/part sales contracts and supporting clients through all stages from signing to transaction execution

Your profile

• You hold a Bachelor and Master in law (a lawyer’s license is an asset)
• You have 4-5 years of successful professional experience in a similar position
• You have excellent knowledge of labor law
• You have worked in a law firm, legal department, fiduciary, and/or legal protection
• You have excellent written and spoken command of French and English. German is an additional asset.
• You have very good analytical skills, are pragmatic, and enjoy working in a team
• You master Word and common IT tools
• You are organized, know how to manage priorities and meet deadlines. You also have good adaptability
• You are used to dealing with clients
• You have excellent interpersonal skills, are motivated and dynamic

Why join us

• Entrepreneurial spirit
• Opportunity to take initiatives and be a driving force
• Part-time work models
• Flexible working hours with the possibility of teleworking
• Career development

At Forvis Mazars, integration and diversity are at the heart of our values. We believe that being an organization that values integration and diversity makes us stronger as a company.

We seek to attract and recruit people who reflect the diversity of our clients and communities, regardless of their social origin, nationality, disability, faith or beliefs, social background, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Forvis Mazars selects candidates based on their skills, knowledge, qualifications, and experience.

Forvis Mazars Group SC is an independent member of Forvis Mazars Global, a global network of professional services. Operating as an integrated international partnership in more than 100 countries and territories, Forvis Mazars Group specializes in audit, tax, and consulting. The integrated partnership relies on the expertise and cultural diversity of its teams — more than 40,000 professionals worldwide — to support clients of all sizes at every stage of their development. In Switzerland, Forvis Mazars has more than 400 employees across its ten offices.

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