Senior Associate – Financial Services & Regulatory
Lindemann Rechtsanwälte
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:18 July 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join us as a Senior Associate in Financial Services & Regulatory. Thrive in a dynamic work environment in Zurich!
Tasks
- Acquire mandates in financial law and regulatory aspects.
- Provide comprehensive legal advice on banking and insurance law.
- Support clients in compliance with national and international regulations.
Skills
- Swiss bar exam and a degree in business or financial law required.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills essential.
- Ability to work collaboratively in an international team.
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Tasks / Competencies / Responsibilities
Function: Senior Associate – Financial Services & Regulatory
Level: Senior
Workload: 100%
Workplace: Zurich
Supervisor: Dr. Alexander Lindemann
Function Objective:
✓ Acquisition of mandates in the legal field
✓ Comprehensive legal advice for national and international mandates on all regulatory aspects of the financial services sector, particularly:
- Banking law, insurance law, collective investment law, capital market law, and asset management
- FINMA regulations (FINMAG, FINMAV) and other relevant laws (OR, GWG)
✓ Advising and supporting clients in complying with national and international laws and regulations, including supervisory law CSSF, MFSA, FMA, CIMA, BaFin, and AML/KYC regulations
✓ Communication with supervisory authorities
✓ Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and legal documents in the financial services sector, including due diligence reviews and structuring complex transactions
✓ Representation of mandates in regulatory disputes and arbitration
✓ Participation in the development of new products and services
✓ Active collaboration in an international team
✓ Participation in industry events and conferences
✓ Active use of AI
MbO / Metrics:
The target agreement is based on quantitative and qualitative criteria. The focus is on
✓ Acquisition of mandates in the legal field
✓ Cross-selling
✓ Billable hours
✓ Client satisfaction
✓ Marketing activities (newsletters, videos, events)
Requirements Profile
Gender: M / F
Age: 30-50
Professional Competence
Education:
✓ Swiss attorney license and top qualifications
✓ Additional studies in business law or financial law
✓ Notary license (desired)
Work Experience:
✓ 5 to 15 years of relevant professional experience in a law firm, auditing company, bank, or asset management
Languages:
✓ Fluent, level-appropriate English
✓ Fluent, level-appropriate German
Social Competence
✓ Communication skills / negotiation skills
✓ Assertiveness / ability to enforce
✓ Social intelligence / psychological sensitivity / empathy
✓ Ability to connect / customer & market orientation
✓ Team ability / willingness to cooperate
✓ Integrity
Self-Competence
✓ Performance motivation / professional ambition / perseverance
✓ Resilience / stress resistance / frustration tolerance
✓ Personal responsibility / reliability / punctuality
✓ Analytical-integrative thinking
✓ Flexibility / openness to new things
✓ Personal impact (charisma, appearance, presence)
Leadership Competence
✓ Complex problem solving / interconnected thinking
✓ Leadership and design motivation
✓ Development of leaders / coaching competence
✓ Setting priorities / delegation
✓ Planning and organization
✓ Entrepreneurial thinking
Are you ready for the next step in your legal career?
Then send your application documents (CV, cover letter, certificates) to:
Assel Stoller, HR Manager, assel.stoller@lindemannlaw.ch
All inquiries will be treated confidentially.
We look forward to your application!
