Legal Assistant & Paralegal

About the role

Sulzer is looking for a Legal Assistant and Paralegal to join its Legal, Compliance and Risk Management team in the Group Functions division in Switzerland. The role provides specialized administrative support and secretarial assistance to the Legal & Compliance team, including IP, and in particular to the Head Group Legal & Company Secretary at Sulzer's headquarters.

Key responsibilities

• Handle corporate housekeeping for Swiss legal entities, including updating data and records in commercial registers
• Support corporate actions by planning and organizing board meetings, providing data and maintaining structure charts and entity lists
• Administer the global legal entity management system and manage shareholder register matters
• Assist in preparing the AGM, the corporate governance report and internal project management logistics, such as collating litigation and compliance reports and administering insider trading lists
• Arrange travel, prepare itineraries, compile documents for meetings and schedule appointments for team events and trainings
• Ensure proper signing in M&A transactions and manage post-closing activities
• Maintain the legal and compliance paper and electronic archive and the internal document and contract management systems
• Prepare, review and process expense notes, manage document translation, liaise with IT and arrange document delivery to and from the notary public office
• Collaborate cross-functionally on special projects and perform legal research with senior legal counsel

Required profile

• At least 5 years of experience as a Paralegal, Legal Assistant or in a similar role in an international corporation or law firm in Switzerland
• Certified education in paralegal practice is a plus
• Excellent written and spoken German and English
• Solution-oriented approach, strong attention to detail and a meticulous working style

What we offer

• Excellent social benefits, including holidays and a pension fund
• 40-hour work week
• Discounts on everyday shopping, entertainment and lifestyle
• A central workplace just 5 minutes from the Winterthur train station