Legal Counsel 50 - 80% (w/m/d)

Amstein + Walthert Holding AG is the parent company of the Amstein + Walthert Group, which employs a total of 1'100 employees and is represented by 20 companies at 13 locations. Together, as engineers, planners, and consultants, we handle all aspects of technical structural and civil engineering throughout the entire life cycle.

Our approximately 30 employees at Amstein + Walthert Holding AG provide cross-location services for the A+W Group in the areas of finance, HR, law, IT, marketing, and communication, as well as in corporate development and quality management.

To strengthen our legal team at the Zürich location, we are looking for you as an engaged and proactive support. As Legal Counsel, you will be a trusted contact person for our project managers in Switzerland and will support the Head of LEGAL in the development and implementation of forward-looking transformation processes.

These are your tasks ##

• You independently advise our project managers and specialist departments within the A+W Group on all legal issues, particularly in central subject areas such as construction, planning, and contract law, public procurement law, and corporate law
• You take over strategic leadership in dispute cases, accompany proceedings before authorities and courts, and take over the instruction and management of external lawyers
• You participate in the optimization of the legal department's legal infrastructure, particularly through the creation, examination, and revision of contracts and standard templates, regulations, and instructions
• You design and create practical presentations and training sessions through which you convey legal knowledge understandably and strengthen legal awareness within the A+W Group
• You actively contribute to LegalTech issues and thereby innovatively drive the digitalization of the legal department
• You support the department head in technical and organizational matters and participate in legal monitoring with regard to legal developments and regulatory requirements

This is what you bring with you ##

• You have completed a degree in law (lic. iur. / MLaw) and preferably obtained the attorney patent
• Ideally, you bring initial professional experience in a law firm or a company and / or are ready to work motivated and quickly into new tasks and legal areas
• You work independently, precisely, and solution-oriented and always keep the essentials in view
• You think entrepreneurially and like to take on responsibility
• You communicate clearly and act in a service-oriented manner towards internal contact persons
• You have very good German language skills in speaking and writing; other language skills (French, English) are an advantage

This is what we offer ##

Employment conditions and remuneration ##

• Flexible working hours
• 25 vacation days, from 55 years 30 days
• Unpaid leave up to 6 months
• Loyalty bonuses for service anniversaries in five-year intervals (after 10 DJ)

Provision and social benefits ##

• Own pension fund (excluding A+W Luzern)
• Full coverage of premiums for BU/NBU insurance by AG

Career ##

• Switzerland-wide career opportunities
• Employee and development reviews

Further education ##

• Internal further education program (A+W University)
• Financing models for external further education

Fringe Benefits ##

• Various discounts and offers in different areas
• Half-fare travelcard

Work environment ##

• Various employee events
• Modern office premises
• Contemporary IT equipment