Legal Counsel (In-House, First Lawyer)

About the role

BLP is hiring its first in-house lawyer in Zurich. You will build the legal function from scratch and protect a business that puts agentic AI into the ERP processes of 550+ enterprise customers. You report to the CFO and work closely with Sales, Finance, People and Product, covering four entities in Switzerland, Germany, the UK and the US, with customers in 40+ countries.

Key responsibilities

• Own commercial contracting end-to-end: negotiate customer MSAs, DPAs and SLAs with enterprise procurement and legal teams.
• Build the legal toolkit: templates, a negotiation playbook with fallback positions and clear approval rules so Sales can handle standard deals.
• Lead data protection and AI compliance across GDPR, the Swiss FADP and the EU AI Act, and support security reviews and certifications.
• Run corporate housekeeping for BLP Digital AG and its subsidiaries in Germany, the UK and the US: board and shareholder matters and cap table.
• Advise on employment law across the countries and protect IP and trademarks, working with People on contracts, policies and equity plans.
• Select and manage external counsel, deciding what stays in-house and what goes out.

Required profile

• 7+ years of legal experience, including at least 3 years in-house at a B2B SaaS or tech company, ideally after training at a leading law firm.
• Admitted to the bar in Switzerland or another European jurisdiction, comfortable advising on Swiss, EU, UK and US matters with external support.
• Experience negotiating enterprise SaaS contracts and closing them on acceptable terms.
• Hands-on GDPR and data protection experience and close attention to the EU AI Act.
• Experience building something from zero, such as a template library, contract process or legal function.
• Fluent English and German.

Required skills

• GDPR and data protection
• EU AI Act
• Swiss, EU, UK and US law
• Strong plus: venture financing, ESOPs, M&A, ISO 27001 or SOC 2 audits from the legal side, ERP, finance automation or AI product background

What we offer

• Founding ownership of the legal function, reporting directly to the CFO.
• Global scope across four entities and 40+ countries.
• Work at the front line of AI regulation, with the chance to build and lead a team as needs expand.
• Headquarters on Zürich's Bahnhofstrasse.
• Competitive package.