Description

Tasks and responsibilities

Legal Support:

·  Drafting notes, tools and guidelines for operational staff in the field and at head office; management and promotion of tools; participation in the development of training courses;

·  Drafting and correction of various contracts in English and French;  

·  Follow up of human resources disputes in our countries of operation (negotiations, litigation).

·  Follow up of litigation files in the field (employment, contractual, fiscal, criminal);  

·  Varied legal research under different legislations (contractual and commercial law, employment law, taxation law);

·  Archiving files in the legal database.

Legal Dossier

·  Depending on academic requirements, the Intern, during the period of internship (from 6 months to 12 months) might be expected to work on a specific Legal Dossier.

·  The dossier selected should combine (a) the legal needs of the Department, (b) academic requirements such as the need to complete a thesis and (c) if possible, a link to the future career of the Intern.

Your profile

·  Have a tripartite internship agreement

·  Diploma Master 2 in Law, preference for corporate private law (contract, employment, supply, etc.)

·  Intern PPI of a Law School

·  Other equivalent education / experience

·  English: excellent writing and communication skills

·  French: Fluent

·  Skills in legal research, summarizing information and drafting legal documents (contracts, briefing notes, etc.) are required

·  Mastering Microsoft suite is required (Outlook, Word, Teams, Power Point), being at ease with legal design tool is an asset (Canva, etc.)

·  Experience in a law firm, company or legal department, involving contract drafting and/or litigation management is an asset.

·  Experience in litigation follow up is an asset.

·  Experience in risk analysis and assessment using a comparative approach would be an asset.

Terms of employment

·  A tripartite internship agreement is mandatory

·  6 to 9 months, according to internship agreement

·  Full time (40h/week)

·  Based in Geneva, Switzerland

·  Start date :