Legal Assistant

“Are you looking for joining a dynamic team supporting several well-known Maisons on a large variety of legal matters ? If yes, then apply and have the opportunity to work in close collaboration with other team members and Maison people at an international level, fostering team spirit, client-centric approach and strong values”

Richemont owns several of the world’s leading companies in the field of luxury goods, with particular strengths in jewellery, luxury watches and writing instruments.

The Group’s general legal department is looking for a legal assistant/support/secretary to provide administrative and paralegal support to two teams a team of 2-3 lawyers each. This position is an undetermined term mission and will be based in Bellevue.

HOW WILL YOU MAKE AN IMPACT?

To provide secretarial, administrative and paralegal support to the lawyers by:

• Drafting and formatting general correspondence and legal documents in English and French.
• Preparing contracts and renewals as well as legal correspondence and documents based on templates in English and French.
• Contacting and liaising with managers of companies of the Group as well as external service providers. in particular lawyers, in respect of general legal concerns.
• Supporting lawyers in documentation collection, case analysis, case coordination.
• Managing and distributing incoming mail.
• Ensuring opening, creation, updating, follow-up, filing and archiving of digital legal files.
• Managing invoices of external service providers and travel arrangements.

HOW WILL YOU EXPERIENCE SUCESS WITH US?

You have a previous administrative and/or paralegal and/or legal assistant experience (gained in a law firm or a multinational company) of at least 5 years with excellent command of French and English. Italian and/or German will be a plus. You have excellent command of Microsoft Office Suite.

You are open-minded, flexible, with an ability to build trustworthy relationships with colleagues and you are a team player; highly reliable and precise; dynamic, autonomous and with good analytical and critical skills. You have excellent organizational and communication skills, you are confident and self-assured and are ready to embrace large and small projects to support the team.

Excellence is at the heart of everything we do. Your journey with us is going to accelerate your career and make you a trusted advisor of our industry leader Maisons.

HOW DO WE KEEP YOU SMILING?

You will be part of a dynamic and international work environment, where we always go the extra mile to uphold outstanding service for our clients. You will join a well-established team of lawyers, paralegals and assistants. The work encompasses a broad and varied range of commercial legal work for several Maisons in terms of their global legal affairs.

Our offices will allow you to evolve in a modern and pleasant environment.

YOUR JOURNEY WITH US:

1 . If your application is selected, we will reach out to you ASAP for an informal introductory call.

• The next step from there would be a first personal meeting with two of our senior Lawyers and HR Business Partners.