Legal Counsel - Banking Legal Western Switzerland (80-100%)

Key responsibilities

Do you want to advise on complex legal matters at the heart of one of Switzerland's leading financial institutions? Do you enjoy working across a broad range of legal topics, managing sensitive cases, and partnering closely with business and control function? If you are looking for a role that combines legal advisory work, litigation management, strategic initiatives and digital transformation, we would like to hear from you.
Your Role
As part of our team, you will provide pragmatic and business-oriented legal advice to a wide range of stakeholders across UBS in Switzerland. You will advise on banking products, services, strategic projects and complex legal matters while helping to identify and manage legal risks across the organization

What you bring
• An open mindset and genuine curiosity for legal innovation, digital transformation and emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence
• A strong sense of ownership, with the ability to independently manage complex legal matters and coordinate multiple stakeholders
• Excellent analytical skills and sound judgment to identify, assess and mitigate legal and regulatory risks
• Strong drafting, negotiation and communication skills, combined with a pragmatic and solution-oriented approach
• A collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for working closely with business partners, control functions, external counsel and colleagues across Switzerland
• Resilience and adaptability in a dynamic environment, with the ability to deliver practical guidance on challenging and sensitive matters

The team

You will join an experienced and highly regarded legal team providing legal advisory and litigation management services across Western Switzerland, while collaborating closely with colleagues across Switzerland and internationally.

Our team combines broad legal expertise with a strong culture of collaboration, knowledge sharing and practical problem-solving. We are trusted advisors to business and support functions.

Our team plays a key role in supporting and advancing initiatives across the following areas:
• Legal advisory services relating to banking products, services, transactions and business operations
• Regulatory and legal matters impacting the Swiss banking industry
• Litigation, debt recovery and other complex or sensitive legal proceedings
• Strategic business projects and transformation initiatives
• Digital innovation and the deployment of technology-driven legal solutions, strategic projects, partnerships and digital business models

Your skills and experience

• Master's degree in law from a Swiss university and admission to the Swiss Bar
• An LL.M., CAS or other relevant postgraduate qualification is an asset
• Initial post-qualification experience gained within the financial sector, an in-house legal department and/or a leading law firm
• Demonstrated knowledge of and strong interest in contract law, corporate law, commercial criminal law, banking and finance law, as well as debt enforcement and insolvency law.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical and stakeholder management skills, with a proactive and commercially minded approach
• Native French speaker with full professional proficiency in English; fluency in German and/or Italian is a strong advantage

About us

UBS is a leading and truly global wealth manager and the leading universal bank in Switzerland. We also provide diversified asset management solutions and focused investment banking capabilities. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, UBS is present in more than 50 markets around the globe.
We know that great work is never done alone. That's why we place collaboration at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves. Want to find out more? Visit ubs.com/careers.

Join us

At UBS, we know that it's our people, with their diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds, who drive our ongoing success. We're dedicated to our craft and passionate about putting our people first, with new challenges, a supportive team, opportunities to grow and flexible working options when possible. Our inclusive culture brings out the best in our employees, wherever they are on their career journey. And we use artificial intelligence (AI) to work smarter and more efficiently. We also recognize that great work is never done alone. That's why collaboration is at the heart of everything we do. Because together, we're more than ourselves.
We're committed to disability inclusion and if you need reasonable accommodation/adjustments throughout our recruitment process, you can always contact us.

Disclaimer / Policy statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.