Paralegal Corporate (m/w/d, 80-100 %)
📋 Détails de l'offre
Do you like working in an international environment and enjoy a varied working day? Baker McKenzie is a leading global law firm with 74 local offices in 45 countries, with offices in Geneva and Zurich and over 50 years' parcours professionnel in the Swiss market.
To strengthen our Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) / Corporate team in Geneva, we are looking for a highly educated individual who 1. has background in Corporate Business / 2. is interested in Corporate / Company law in general, and who wishes to develop his/her career as a Paralegal with exciting mandates. You will work closely with colleagues from different countries and contribute your ideas in a dynamic international environment.
Your tasks / your responsibilities:
As a corporate Paralegal you play an essential role in corporate law matters in our successful M&A team as you help drive many aspects of our corporate legal transactions:
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Preparing and filing corporate documents, maintaining corporate records, and handling other legal matters related to the company
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Assisting with corporate law matters, managing numerous aspects of corporate legal transactions
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Intake & Triage: Sorting legal inquiries and referring each inquiry to the appropriate attorney for resolution
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Record keeping, drafting and maintaining organizational documents and filings annual required reports
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Litigation support including responding to document requests, complaints and discovery
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Contract Management, drafting, reviewing, and updating various contracts such as employment agreements, non-disclosure agreements, vendor contracts, and partnership agreements
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Legal research: Researching and keeping up to date with laws, regulations and legislation
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High quality support for our lawyers to provide an excellent service to corporates
What you bring along
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Completed commercial training and/or training as a paralegal or notary degree
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Previous knowledge as a notary assistant
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Interest in Corporate Law, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, compliance
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Sound knowledge of MS Office and Outlook, willingness to thrive in a digital environment
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French and German as native languages; strong proficiency in English is required
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Good work and time management
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Strong drive, willingness to learn and adapt to expanding own knowledge and skills
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Strong service orientation – a "client first" culture
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Respect and enjoy the diversity of cultural, social and academic backgrounds at the Firm
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Ability to build strong relationships with clients and take responsibility for those relationships
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Ability to work well as part of a team as well as individuallyAbility to handle sensitive corporate information to adhere to company confidentiality and ethical standards
How your "Life with Baker" looks:
It's simple, as a leading global law firm, we offer you an environment that, in addition to exciting mandates and a wide range of development opportunities, gives you the chance to make the most of your talents.
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Major local and international projects
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Individual support through our mentorship program
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A wide range of training and development opportunities
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Regular network meetings on a national and international level
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National and international mobility programs
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Alternative career models
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Flexible organization of the workplace and working hours
Shape the future with us
We look forward to receiving your application. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume / CV and all law school transcripts to our recruiting team:
Paralegal Corporate (m/w/d, 80-100 %) - 3232 - Baker McKenziehttps://careers.bakermckenzie.com/en_US/opportunities/JobDetail/Paralegal-Corporate-m-w-d-80-100/3232
Our commitment to inclusion and diversity
As the first truly global law firm, inclusion and diversity are foundational to our culture and strategic vision. We are a Firm of individuals from across the globe with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view who collegially work together. All designations address all gender identities.
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