Legal Associate (Europe, remote, 60% - 100% workload) at SHERPANY

Sherpany is the Swiss market leader for meeting management software. Since its founding in 2011, it has pursued the goal of creating a world in which every meeting counts. Over 400 European companies and 12,000 decision-makers are already using Sherpany with the aim of making their business relevant meetings more productive and thereby increasing corporate success. With headquarters in Zurich and 130 Sherpanees from 27 different nationalities, we are an international company with a flat hierarchy, in which you can take lot of responsibility and your ideas are always welcome.

What you will be doing:

• Completing customer compliance questionnaires
• Contract negotiations with customers
• Review & approval of supplier contracts
• Maintenance of our legal entities in Europe and further corporate housekeeping
• Maintenance and development of our privacy program
• Ensuring that our policies remain compliant with applicable regulations

What we will love about you:

• You are fluent in English and German, and French or Italian is a plus
  
• You are a fully qualified lawyer with at least 1 year PQE
• You have deep understanding of the legal system in Germany, Switzerland or Austria
• You have a passion for solving legal challenges in an efficient and solution oriented way
• Rigorous, attentive to detail, and able to provide clear and concise explanations
• You are a strong communicator and confident discussing legal topics with both lawyers and non-lawyers
• As a strong analytical thinker, you thrive understanding and adjusting complex contractual agreements

How you can imagine us:

• You will part of an international company with a flat hierarchy, in which you can take lot of responsibility and your ideas are always welcome;
• In order to maintain your work-life balance we offer flexible working hours and remote-work policy;
  
• Your personal and professional development is important to us which is why we offer financial support for further education, trainings etc;
• Last but not least: Our corporate culture means a lot to us which is why we organize regular team events and cultivate a value-driven cooperation.

Recruiting process:

1. Send your online application
2. First interview with our Talent Acquisition Specialist
3. Interview with our VP Operations & Team Lead Legal & Compliance
   
4. Final interview: Show us your skills with a job related task & Get to know our Head of Expansion & Account Management
5. Offer 🎉

Onboarding goals/ Milestones:

1 month:

• You have completed our general onboarding and can orient yourself in the company.
• You understand the design and content of our customer contracts.
• You have a basic understanding of the regulatory requirements that apply to us and our customers.
• You understand our requirements to supplier contracts.

3 months:

• You have conducted your first contract review and have participated in a negotiation with a customer.
• You have successfully executed your first corporate housekeeping project.
• You are autonomously reviewing and approving supplier contracts
• You have successfully completed your first customer compliance questionnaire.

6 months:

• You are independently partnering with Sales and Customer Success to close customer contracts.
• You have reviewed and improved some of our compliance programs.
• You are proactively supporting our business stakeholders from the business unit or group with corporate admin topics.

Are you ready for the challenge? 🚀 We look forward to receiving your application!