Act as a trusted legal advisor to the business, providing timely and commercially practical legal counsel to stakeholders in support of compliant, efficient, and strategic decision‑making in a fast‑paced international organisation.
Your key responsibility:
Draft, review, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements, ensuring legal accuracy, appropriate risk allocation, and alignment with business objectives
Support governance structures and provide legal support to subsidiaries, acting as a trusted legal partner for operational and strategic matters
Maintain and update legal frameworks for B2B and B2C e-commerce, including General Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policies and notifications, consumer facing policies and related commercial arrangements
Handle global product liability matters, including the management of claims, risk assessments, and corrective actions in coordination with relevant stakeholders
Handle intellectual property (IP) matters, including patent, trademark and related filings, portfolio management, and monitoring and enforcing of IP rights
Advise on data protection matters, including DSG and GDPR compliance, collaborating with our subsidiaries to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and internal guidelines
Support and coordinate corporate secretarial activities for relevant entities, ensuring sound corporate governance and compliance with statutory requirements in relevant jurisdictions
Maintain and manage relationships with external legal counsels to support legal needs of the business including its subsidiaries
Manage disputes and transactional matters and corporate development activities, including integration from a legal perspective.
Partner with Compliance team and other departments on legal and regulatory matters relating to the production, import, marketing and distribution of products, including certifications.
Supervise contract management of the business including across subsidiaries; maintain and further develop electronic contract management and archiving systems, and ensuring accessibility, compliance with internal standards and delegation of authority requirements
Actively identify, analyse and manage areas of legal and regulatory risks for company operations and transactions.
Your profile:
Proven track record of post-qualification legal experience in an in‑house legal department, preferably with exposure to multinational corporate environment within the sporting goods or consumer products industry
Completed higher education at tertiary level (Swiss federal diploma, Master’s degree or equivalent legal qualification) and admission to practice in at least one relevant jurisdiction
Strong commercial judgment, stakeholder management, and leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to guide stakeholders to navigate complex situations and balance legal risk with business priorities
Demonstrated expertise in commercial contracting, corporate law, legal compliance, IP and data protection; experience within international sporting goods industry would be an advantage
Training abilities
Excellent written and spoken English with additional language capabilities in German or French, enabling effective collaboration in an international environment
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