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Legal Counsel

Full-time / Zug

Company Description

Constanter Philanthropy Services (CPS) professionally supports and enables all of the philanthropic organisations founded by the Brenninkmeijer family entrepreneurs to maximise their impact in service of the common good. CPS does this through providing high-quality, fit-for-purpose operational support in the areas of HR, IT, Finance, Risk, Legal, Tax, Insurances, Facilities, Travel, Procurement, Security, Project Management, and Reporting. CPS dedicates most of its work to the support of Porticus and Laudes Foundation.

CPS is a global organisation, built on the premise of strong collaboration and striving for professional excellence together. The work we do makes a real difference, so we dedicate the best of our skills and knowledge to it, striving to make a positive contribution every day.

We foster a culture of trust and engage purposefully and professionally in a spirit of mutual respect. By working together, we believe we can achieve more than we could individually, helping one another to grow and live up to our potential.

Within CPS, our Legal, Tax & Risk team provides cross functional, high-quality solutions in the fields of legal, tax, compliance, risk and assurance. By joining our team, you will work with and learn from the best in their fields every day, and in turn contribute your knowledge and talents to delivering high-quality solutions to the philanthropies we serve. In doing so, you have the opportunity to impact our philanthropic work globally, supporting us in our mission to be a Force for Good both in what we do and how we do it.

Job Description

PLEASE DO NOT APPLY IF YOU HAVE NO SWISS LAW DEGREE AND WORK EXPERIENCE WITH SWISS LAW.

 

The Legal Counsel will need to execute on short and long term legal strategies under the direction of the Head of Legal. In particular, the Legal Counsel will be responsible for group compliance with laws in a specific number of jurisdictions, lead on legal projects, and provide or coordinate advisory services on behalf of CPS.

Key responsibilities will include: 

  • Prepare and negotiate commercial agreements (including IT contracts, consultancy agreements, partnership agreements, vendor terms and conditions) and support our grant making teams in preparing and negotiating partnership agreements with grant partners and co-funders;
  • Co-design and oversee the implementation of a group-wide process for incoming and outgoing KYC/AML requests, including tooling to process incoming requests (with support from our paralegal);
  • Advise management and functional owners on Swiss law queries whether relating to Swiss labour law, privacy, regulatory requirements or other legal areas;
  • Design a vendor management process for legal advisors / outside counsel including budgetary controls and manage outside counsel to advise on areas of expertise including regulatory requirements;
  • Act as dedicated company secretary services for our Swiss (charitable) entities and internal governance bodies;
  • Prepare filings with the Swiss EDI and other supervisory authorities and draft correspondence;
  • Monitor developments in laws and regulations impacting Swiss foundations and investment funds;
  • Develop training on relevant Swiss legislative & regulatory developments and compliance requirements

Qualifications

  • Seasoned professional with a Master degree in Swiss law and at least five years of working experience in an international environment.
  • You are a solution driven team player. You have seen a lot of different companies and developed strong skills in general corporate law & contracting, with solid experience in drafting agreements.
  • You understand basic labour law and privacy principles and/or are wiling to develop those skills further.
  • You have strong communication skills and a self-starting mentality.
  • You have a proven commitment to promote respect for human dignity, social justice, and the development of a sustainable business environment.

Key skills:

  • Self-organization: Organizing one's own work effectively by formulating objectives and planning activities; focusing available time and energy on major issues and critical problems;
  • Networking: Strong stakeholder management, constructing relationships and networks which are useful in achieving objectives; making effective use of informal networks to get things done; building relationships;
  • Self-starting: Demonstrating entrepreneurial spirit, showing initiative within a team context, being able to pick up new skills quickly; embracing ambiguity;
  • Organizational sensitivity: Recognizing the effects and results of one's own decisions or activities on other parts of the organization; recognizing the interests of other parts of one's organization; understanding the wider issues at stake;
  • Problem analysis: Identifying problems; recognizing significant information; making connections between data; tracing possible causes of problems; investigating relevant data.
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