Legal Counsel 100%

Jobdescription

Our client, an established independent trust and private wealth firm in Geneva, is seeking a Legal Counsel to join their legal team.

• Support the General Counsel in providing legal advice across the Group, focusing on reviewing, updating, and optimizing internal company, trust, and fiduciary structures
• Advise on legal matters relating to private wealth and fiduciary structures, progressively expanding into direct client-facing advisory for UHNW families over time
• Accurately draft and review trust instruments, board resolutions, intercompany/loan agreements, client correspondence, and meeting materials in a timely manner
• Support Group Compliance and Operations on relevant regulatory matters, including CRS, FATCA, Economic Substance, and Beneficial Owner Registers across applicable offshore jurisdictions
• Liaise and coordinate with external law firms and professional advisers in Switzerland and internationally
• Support the General Counsel on ad hoc legal matters, contractual risk advice, and Group projects
• Coordinate internal legal training sessions for Group staff

Qualifikationen

• Qualified lawyer in a common-law jurisdiction with 5+ years of post-qualification legal experience in private wealth, trusts, and fiduciary services
• Practical experience with Anglo-Saxon trust frameworks and offshore regimes gained in a law firm, trust house, or family office
• Ability to advise effectively on both internal Group matters and external client-related legal matters
• Excellent command of English, both written and spoken
• Additional languages are an advantage
• Strong legal drafting, analytical skills, highest standards of confidentiality and integrity, and ability to advise on both internal operations and external structures
• Proficient user of Word, Excel and PowerPoint