Legal Counsel (100%) — Climeworks
- Location
- Zurich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
- Legal Advisory: You join a thought-leading in-house legal team that provides high-quality, pragmatic legal advice to all parts of the organization. You devise and implement measures to accelerate delivery of those services.
- Corporate Legal Support: You negotiate and draft agreements across the Climeworks Group and serve as a primary point of contact and resident expert on corporate law matters affecting the company.
- Commercial Partnership: You enthusiastically embrace work on a variety of legal and commercial matters to promote attainment of the company’s objectives.
- Legal Operations: You coordinate external legal support and design and implement scalable and cost-effective approaches to legal work.
- Stakeholder Alignment: You will help ensure alignment of the purpose and work of and between your client groups.
Requirements
- Mission: You are a passionate, mission-driven individual who craves an opportunity to help develop an industry and accelerate the journey to net zero.
- Legal expertise: You are a qualified lawyer with a solid background in corporate law and finance, commercial contracts, and business transactions. Demonstrated experience in practice areas such as employment law, technology transactions, public policy, or project finance will be considered a plus.
- Adaptability: You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, often-shifting, and international work environment.
- Working style & mindset: You are known for an efficient, reliable working style and for your strong financial literacy and business mindset. You are a passionate, mission-driven individual who craves an opportunity to help develop an industry and accelerate the journey to net zero.
- Curiosity: You are curious about technology and enjoy understanding how things work. You are a lifelong learner and do not shy away from exploring new hobbies or areas of interest.
- Adaptability: You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, often-shifting, and international work environment.
- Language skills: You have strong business fluency in written and spoken English. German fluency is considered a plus. What we offer:
Key requirements
- Adaptability: You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, often-shifting, and international work environment.
- Language skills: You have strong business fluency in written and spoken English. German fluency is considered a plus. What we offer:
- Time Off: Enjoy 25 paid vacation days every year, plus public holidays.
- Ownership: Fair base pay paired with an equity package – because your contributions matter.
- Family Support: Inclusive parental leave.
- Continuous Learning: Dedicated budget to invest in your professional growth.
- Referral Rewards: Help us grow our team and earn bonuses for your successful referrals.
Application process
- We encourage all qualified applicants to apply – regardless of background, identity, or experience.
- Studies show that women and individuals from minority backgrounds often only apply for jobs when they meet 100% of the listed criteria.
Company and context
- Legal Advisory: You join a thought-leading in-house legal team that provides high-quality, pragmatic legal advice to all parts of the organization.
- You devise and implement measures to accelerate delivery of those services.
- Corporate Legal Support: You negotiate and draft agreements across the Climeworks Group and serve as a primary point of contact and resident expert on corporate law matters affecting the company.
- Commercial Partnership: You enthusiastically embrace work on a variety of legal and commercial matters to promote attainment of the company’s objectives.
- Legal Operations: You coordinate external legal support and design and implement scalable and cost-effective approaches to legal work.
- Stakeholder Alignment: You will help ensure alignment of the purpose and work of and between your client groups. Requirements:
- Mission: You are a passionate, mission-driven individual who craves an opportunity to help develop an industry and accelerate the journey to net zero.
- Legal expertise: You are a qualified lawyer with a solid background in corporate law and finance, commercial contracts, and business transactions.
- Demonstrated experience in practice areas such as employment law, technology transactions, public policy, or project finance will be considered a plus.
- Adaptability: You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, often-shifting, and international work environment.
Additional details
- Stakeholder Alignment: You will help ensure alignment of the purpose and work of and between your client groups.
- Let’s tackle one of humankind’s greatest challenges together.
- Individual compensation depends on your skills, experience, and the value you bring to the team.
Notes and original content
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Questions about this listing
What salary does Climeworks offer for this role?
Climeworks lists CHF 85'000 - 145'000 gross per year for this position in Zurich. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Climeworks offer?
This listing is a full-time position. The contract type shown here comes directly from the employer's original posting; always confirm exact hours, notice period and probation length with Climeworks during the application process, since these details can vary by role even within the same contract category.
Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
EU/EFTA residents living in the border zone of the country adjoining Canton Zürich can apply for a G permit; the Swiss employer files it with that canton's migration office after the contract is signed. Border-zone rules and processing times vary by neighbouring country and canton, so confirm the specifics with Zürich's cantonal migration office or with HR during the application.
How do I apply for this position at Climeworks?
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