Career opportunities

The key to our firm’s success lies in our people. We are proud to have built an incredibly international, multilingual, culturally diverse and highly stimulating environment. We are strong advocates of diversity and gender equality and actively look to support our employees in helping them to achieve the right work-life balance. We are staunch believers in ongoing training and as such significantly invest and support our lawyers in the development of their practice at the firm.

As a constantly growing firm, we are always interested in hearing from talented and motivated candidates who feel they would thrive at our firm. We welcome applications from qualified lawyers, trainees (Swiss law and international law), professional support and administrative staff. #acareeratlalive #lifeatlalive

Life at lalive

BENOIT ARTHUR MAURON

Partner specialising in litigation

When I became a father over two years ago I was the first to benefit from the firm’s new initiative to grant two weeks of fully paid paternity leave. Since then new fathers across the firm benefit from four weeks of fully paid leave. I find this to be a good gesture of the firm in its efforts to improve working conditions, support its employees and promote gender equality in the workplace, which I believe can only be attained by allowing fathers to be more involved at home. Going forward, I appreciate the firm’s flexible working hours policy which includes working from home when needed.

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ANDRE BRUNSCHWEILER

Partner

I had the pleasure of being one of the first members of the LALIVE Zurich office when it opened in 2010. We were only 3 lawyers back then and in only 8 years have evolved into a structure with 20 lawyers. Naturally, with our Geneva office with a history of more than 50 years and over 60 lawyers from more than 15 jurisdictions and as many languages spoken, the Zurich office never was a real “start-up” but I always enjoyed working in a relatively small and young team in a truly international and very dynamic environment. The flat hierarchy, combined with a great portion of autonomy in my work from day one, have always been a great selling point.

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ANTON VALLÉLIAN

Associate

I studied international law and human rights law for a good part of my career, so it was important for me to find an international firm that shared my values. Quite uniquely in Switzerland and in law firms in general, in Lalive I found a firm that is not afraid to defend its ideas on the domestic or international stage, and I had the opportunity to give life to the principles I studied and see international law and human rights law in action.

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JAIME GALLEGO

Partner

I joined LALIVE in early 2009 as an associate and since then have worked on a very good mix of commercial and investment arbitrations, ranging from very large to smaller cases. As a lawyer qualified both in England and Wales and Spain, arbitrations subject to a broad range of laws, both from common law jurisdictions and civil law jurisdictions, have come my way. The dual qualification has also been a boon in the field of investment arbitration where the legal solutions often have a mixed origin.

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JULIETTE ASSO

Counsel specialising in international arbitration

When I was a trainee, I was treated like a full member of the team on the cases I worked on (which included attending hearings). Since becoming an associate, I have been given more responsibility and the opportunity to manage small cases from beginning to end. On larger cases, I work closely with experts and witnesses on a day to day basis on the issues I am in charge of.

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Katja Böttcher

Legal Project Manager

After 13 years at the Swiss Federal Police, working primary in a leadership role, I was looking for a new challenge in the private sector. While I had a legal background, my experience in law enforcement was not an obvious fit for a traditional law firm.

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Current opportunities

Join our growing, talented team

Associate - litigation - zurich

Avocat·e collaborateur·trice - genève

Pour notre bureau de Genève, nous recherchons un·e collaborateur·trice engagé·e et qualifié·e, spécialisé·e dans le domaine du contentieux judiciaire. Ce rôle requiert d’excellentes connaissances techniques, de la rigueur, de la motivation et une forte capacité à travailler de façon autonome dans un environnement multi-juridictionnel.

Nous exigeons :

Brevet d’avocat suisse ;
Excellentes références académiques (diplômes en droit suisse) ; priorité aux personnes titulaires d’un doctorat, d’une spécialisation post-universitaire ou aux auteur·e·s de publications liées au contentieux judiciaire ;
Langue maternelle française et excellente maîtrise de l’anglais (ou l’inverse) ; bonne connaissance de l’allemand ; connaissance d’autres langues un atout ;
Méthodologie de travail structurée et précise ;
Solides compétences en recherche, analyse et rédaction ;
Très bonnes compétences interpersonnelles, capacités de communication et de coordination.

Nous offrons :

Un environnement international stimulant avec des avocat·e·s expérimenté·e·s;
Un travail polyvalent sur des mandats complexes ;
Un soutien marqué au développement personnel, comprenant un budget individuel pour la formation continue ;
La liberté d’implication dans des associations professionnelles et le potentiel de développement d’un profil professionnel personnel ;
Un salaire concurrentiel.

Si vous souhaitez rejoindre notre équipe internationale et dynamique, nous vous invitons à soumettre vos documents de candidature (CV et lettre de motivation ainsi que copie de vos diplômes, notes universitaires et autres qualifications) à l’attention de Madame Sophie Jaber, Deputy HR Manager, en cliquant sur le lien ci-dessous. Pour toute question concernant ce poste, veuillez écrire à recruitment@lalive.law. Seules les candidatures directes seront examinées.

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(SENIOR) associate - banking and finance litigation - zurich

International trainees

Substitut*innen - zurich

AVOCAT·E-STAGIAIRES - genève

Helpdesk / IT Support

Our dedicated IT team is looking for IT Support. We seek bright, talented and motivated candidates, with a passion for IT, client-service oriented and a desire to be part of a dynamic international environment.

Based in Geneva, reporting to the Head of IT and working as part of a team, the Helpdesk / IT Support provides IT support to the whole firm and across all three offices.

Responsibilities will include:

Provide help and support to users on Windows 10/11 and Office 365
Set up of workstations/laptops
Set up of users’ accounts
Management and follow up of various tools (SharePoint, Zoom, Intune)
Implementation of users’ procedures/quick guides in English
Incident resolution via our ticketing system
Users’ trainings on Word 2016, Excel 2016, and specific software
Knowledge of Aderant / iManage / Exhibit Manager is an asset

What we look for:

Technical and language skills

Microsoft certification 77-725, 77-726 and 77-728 a strong asset
Knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory
Very good knowledge of Windows 10/11
Experience in SharePoint sites management
Excellent command of 0365
Native or near-native level French and excellent written and oral English imperative.

Soft Skills

Passion for IT, eager to learn
Like contact with users, educational spirit
Client-service oriented
Autonomous and able to work in a team, stress resistant, and involved in the firm
Follow up of procedures and processes
Excellent presentation

Profile

CFC in IT or equivalent IT diploma
3 to 5 years of experience in an IT Support position
Experience in an IT Service company, a law firm or a bank would be an advantage.

If you are interested in joining our dynamic international team, please submit your application documents to Sophie Jaber, Deputy HR Manager, by clicking on the link below. For any questions regarding this role please email recruitment@lalive.law. Only direct applications considered.

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Career opportunities

Life at lalive

BENOIT ARTHUR MAURON

ANDRE BRUNSCHWEILER

ANTON VALLÉLIAN

JAIME GALLEGO

JULIETTE ASSO

Katja Böttcher