Are you an experienced legal professional seeking to make a significant impact within a dynamic and globally recognized organization? Are you passionate about providing world-class legal counsel in a dynamic and innovative environment?

Join our outstanding team at Swift, where your dedication will help drive our mission forward. Our hardworking and high-reaching legal team closely collaborates with various departments to ensure flawless compliance with all legal requirements, ultimately contributing to the success of our global operations.

What to expect

In this role you will:

• Draft, review, and negotiate company contracts, including complex international contracts

• Support complex multi-stakeholder projects, ensuring a holistic transversal view

• Complete legal activities, offering sound legal advice and recommendations to support Swift's operations and ensure adherence to legal obligations

• Undertake specific legal studies to investigate and propose guidelines, minimizing company exposure

• Draft policies and develop business processes and frameworks at a systemic level

• Provide legal advice and maintain expertise in relevant areas of law, such as commercial laws, financial and banking laws, digital technologies, licensing issues, and financial regulatory matters. This will help identify any potential effects on Swift operations

• Participate in risk assessments, identify legal risks, controls and mitigating actions

• Liaise with management, staff, customers, suppliers, and public administrations to ensure effective communication and collaboration

• Participate in claims and litigation procedures

• Coach and mentor less experienced colleagues, encouraging a collaborative and inclusive team environment

• Undertake administrative tasks within the department and serve as an effective back-up for colleagues

What will make you successful?

• Consistent track record of delivering results following in-depth analyses of relevant issues and conflicting factors

• Dedication to operational excellence, finding innovative ways to improve processes, and maintaining high standards for your work

• Ability to build and reinforce stakeholder relationships, taking every opportunity to listen and respond to their needs

• Outstanding communication skills, with the ability to adapt your style to optimize understanding and respect other views

• Strong leadership, an achiever mentality, and ability to work independently in unchartered domains

• Proven ability to handle complex multi-stakeholder legal issues, projects and contracts independently. Strong project management and organizational skills

• Experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex, high-value, strategic international contracts

• Ability to identify key legal risks and propose risk-mitigation strategies and legally compliant solution

• Ability to advice business stakeholders in complex and uncertain situations

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage in a diverse multicultural environment and respect different views.

• Flexibility, readiness to learn, and a team player mentality

• Experience in coaching and mentoring colleagues

Preferred qualifications:

• LLB, LLM, must be qualified to work as a lawyer in the EU country of residence

• Minimum 10+ years of experience in private practice or as in-house counsel, working with or in the financial/IT/FinTech industry

• Experience in EU and international commercial, banking, financial regulatory and anti-trust matters.