Governance Legal Counsel

vor 2 Wochen

Zurich, Schweiz Swiss RE Vollzeit

**About the Role**
- Be the company secretary and/or provide company secretarial and corporate governance support to various Swiss Re legal entities, their branches and/or subsidiaries, primarily in Switzerland and Germany but also in other locations in EMEA. This will involve accountability for board, committee and shareholder meetings as well as ensuring compliance with Swiss Re's internal Corporate Governance framework.
- Be a trusted partner to the business teams, boards, committees and management members, providing high quality corporate legal advice, clearly articulating legal risks and opportunities, and offering pragmatic solutions.
- Prepare and deliver presentations and trainings to a variety of audiences on legal and governance topics.
- Participate in projects such as corporate restructurings, reorganizations or expansions into new markets, as well as initiatives to improve processes and productivity.
- Monitor applicable legal and regulatory developments and provide clear, actionable legal reporting of key risks.
- Manage outside counsel.

**About the Team**

This position is in the Corporate Governance & Operations team, part of the wider Legal P&C and L&H Reinsurance team in the Legal & Compliance Division. The position reports directly to the Head of Company Secretariat EMEA, who is also based in Zürich. The broader team has colleagues (including lawyers, paralegals and company secretaries) in various locations around the world and provides shared corporate governance and secretariat services to legal entities across the Swiss Re Group.

**About You**

Are you up for the challenge?

Qualification and Experience
- are a corporate lawyer with expertise in Swiss corporate and regulatory matters and ideally a qualified Swiss lawyer with a minimum of 4 years of experience in a global financial services organization or law firm.
- can draft minutes, agreements, corporate documents, legal advice and other business records in English and German to a professional standard. A good command of additional languages is a plus.

Personal Skills
- enjoy working on multiple projects in parallel and coordinating complex assignments across multidisciplinary teams and multiple jurisdictions.
- are an excellent communicator, with strong research, drafting and presentation skills.
- are highly collaborative but confident in your ability to drive matters independently.
- demonstrate accountability, resilience when facing challenges and are fully reliable, responsive and have high energy.
- are receptive to constructive challenge, willing to learn, develop and self-reflect.
- are recognized by clients for the pragmatic advice you provide and your commercial attitude, and by colleagues for being an excellent teammate, happy to assist others and fun to work with.

**About Swiss Re**

Swiss Re is one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer, working to make the world more resilient. We anticipate and manage a wide variety of risks, from natural catastrophes and climate change to cybercrime. Combining experience with creative thinking and cutting-edge expertise, we create new opportunities and solutions for our clients. This is possible thanks to the collaboration of more than 14,000 employees across the world.

Our success depends on our ability to build an inclusive culture encouraging fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. We embrace a workplace where everyone has equal opportunities to thrive and develop professionally regardless of their age, gender, race, ethnicity, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, skillset, thought or other characteristics. In our inclusive and flexible environment everyone can bring their authentic selves to work and their passion for sustainability.

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