Country Switzerland
City Zofingen
Functional Area Strategy and M&A / Legal
Job Group Legal & IP
Employment Type Permanent Contract
Working time Part-time
At its locations around the world, Siegfried offers employees exciting career opportunities in international settings. We cultivate multidisciplinary cooperation and encourage our staff to actively shape and influence their careers. This approach, coupled with our dynamic working environment, make Siegfried an attractive employer.
Your role
We are looking for a dedicated and dynamic Junior Legal Counsel to join our team in our Headquarters in Zofingen, Switzerland. While we are flexible, you are interested in a 40-60% work quota as a starting position after or alongside completing your legal degree. This is an exciting opportunity to be a vital part of a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, working in a close-knit, high-impact legal team.
Your tasks:
- Review of basic agreements, and assistance in drafting and reviewing more complex international agreements, whether it’s supply agreements, custom manufacturing agreements or procurement agreements (incl. IT-related agreements)
- Support Siegfried's personal data protection program, with a focus on GDPR and Swiss data protection laws
- Collaborate with Siegfried's corporate teams (HR, Finance, Engineering, etc.) by providing legal advice under the guidance of senior counsel
- Assist in resolving legal issues and disputes, including preparing documents, gathering information and coordinating with internal stakeholders
- Support in managing court and arbitration proceedings, including cooperation with external legal advisors
- Help ensure compliance with Siegfried's corporate governance policies and assist in managing the legal administration of Siegfried’s subsidiaries
Your profile
- You are currently completing or have already completed a Master of Laws degree
- You are fluent in contractual and business English
- You can work independently with a certain level of initiative and accountability in achieving your objectives
- You can prioritize tasks and have a high sense of responsibility
- You are a natural collaborator, able to build strong relationships with internal teams and external partners alike
Additional nice-to have skills:
- You have working experience, preferably in a law firm or in an in-house legal function
- You have additional training or qualifications in the fields of law, business or science
- You are fluent in German, French or Spanish
- You have good presentation skills
- You can explain legal concepts to internal and external business partners
What we offer:
- Flexible working hours, allowing you to balance family, leisure, and work
- Competitive salary and bonus
- Central location, close to train station, with excellent public transport connections
- Health insurance discounts of up to 10% on supplementary insurance for you and your partner/family through our partners
- Child allowance: Siegfried AG increases the child allowance by 10% above the cantonal legal rate
- Opportunities for individual further training by arrangement
- Reka money: Siegfried AG offers a 20% discount on Reka money for employees
- Attractive pension fund with customizable contribution options
- On-site staff restaurant/cafeteria with meals at preferential rates
Working at Siegfried
Siegfried's work environment is dynamic and international. With a highly professional and motivated team, the company operates in a future-oriented business field. Siegfried possesses a unique culture that leverages cultural differences to create a competitive advantage. Siegfried places highest priority on providing a flexible, diverse and discrimination-free working environment in which employees can develop personally and professionally, advance innovation and deliver superior performance. We strive to provide a work environment where employees can take on challenging jobs and associated responsibilities that best serve their personal and technical development and can benefit from the success of our company. The company regulations in respect of compensation and career development opportunities apply to all Siegfried sites. Additional conditions of employment are governed by location-specific circumstances, legislation and customs.
Who we are
In the Midst of People’s Lives – Across the Globe
The Siegfried Group is one of the world’s leading Custom Development and Manufacturing Organizations (CDMOs) developing and producing active pharmaceutical ingredients (API), intermediates and finished dosage forms. As our core competence, we successfully integrate chemical and pharmaceutical capabilities into a single business model.
The Siegfried name stands for highest quality, efficiency, flexibility and safety. Present in Europe, Asia and North America, we serve a broad global customer base from major international pharmaceutical companies down to small biologic-pharmaceutical organizations. For them we develop and produce product innovations on a large scale to finished products. We integrate our offer seamlessly into the customers’ value chain. Our comprehensive services range from early-stage Research & Development services such as synthesis, scale-up, formulation development, stability studies and method development all the way through to manufacturing services, ranging from preclinical R&D material for clinical trial purposes to commercial production.
We are able to produce about 200 of the approximately 1500 registered drug substances used in medicine. Moreover, we produce 20 percent of global demand for caffeine. Consequently, nearly 1 billion individuals come into contact with Siegfried products.
What we do in Zofingen
Zofingen is the hub of the Siegfried Group. The production facility at our Zofingen headquarters supplies our customers around the globe with exemplary Swiss quality. The Siegfried company is a popular employer in the Zofingen region, where we meet our social responsibility by training apprentices.
Main activities
- Development and commercial manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and corresponding intermediates
- Fully compliant with cGMP and SHE (Safety, Health and Environmental) standards
Special features
- Manufacture of high potency active ingredients in development and production
- Micronization in development and production
Strategic importance
- Contract manufacturing of new active ingredients