M&A Lawyer / M&A Lawyeress

Location: Zurich

Work Pattern Percentage: 80%-100%

Are you a lawyer with a passion for M&A transactions and a desire to help shape a high-performing M&A team? Join Deloitte Legal, where you’ll work on transformative deals for national and international clients while contributing to the strategic growth of our M&A practice group.

At Deloitte Legal, we provide comprehensive legal advice across several areas, focusing mainly on M&A, corporate, commercial, financial, capital market, and employment law matters. We are looking for proactive, team-oriented lawyers who are ready to bring fresh ideas and help shape our legal practice. If you thrive in a fast-paced, international environment, we want to hear from you!

How You Can Make an Impact

• Provide high-quality legal advice to our clients across various industries on domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, as well as post-transaction reorganization and integration engagements.
• Play a key role in executing end-to-end M&A engagements alongside financial advisory, tax, consulting, and other Deloitte service lines, coordinating complex transactions with clients, involved Deloitte service lines, and external parties.
• Participate in various projects driven by other Deloitte service lines and gain insights into our multidisciplinary approach.
• Become an integral part of our growing Deloitte Legal team, helping to further shape and develop our transactional services in the market.
• Embark on a clear, long-term career path with a professional training curriculum.

Who We Are Looking For

• Admitted to the bar in Switzerland or Germany, with academic or professional experience gained abroad ideally.
• 3-5 years of post-bar admission experience in transactional matters, gained in a traditional law firm, a professional services firm, or as an in-house lawyer in a multinational firm.
• A 'can do' and client/solution-oriented attitude, with the ability to collaborate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds.
• Capable of taking project ownership, analyzing complex problems, developing and communicating solution options, and managing multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving advisory environment.
• An entrepreneurial mindset with a pragmatic approach and an affinity for innovation and technology-enabled legal services.
• A communicative and resilient personality with a high level of self-initiative and a commitment to going the extra mile.
• Fluency in German and English; additional languages are a plus.

Your Team

Are you ready to join our highly motivated, energetic, and multicultural team? We highly value our team spirit and entrepreneurial thinking: in our team, all members support each other and foster an open feedback culture. Join us at our headquarters in Zurich – we look forward to meeting you.

How to Apply

We look forward to hearing from you! Please apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.

Life at Deloitte

At Deloitte, your ideas create impact and spark meaningful change for our clients, people, and society. Your unique expertise, background, and perspective help us navigate the most complex challenges so we can enhance the futures of those our work impacts. At Deloitte, you can build a career that inspires you. You are empowered to choose your impact.

In Switzerland, we provide industry-specific services in Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation. With nearly 3,000 employees across six locations, we serve organizations of all sizes and sectors. We offer meaningful and challenging work, a place where you can truly be yourself, and opportunities for continuous growth. Enjoy flexible working conditions along with well-being and parental programs.

Join us and be part of a global network of like-minded individuals devoted to making a difference, whether by tackling climate change or impacting 100 million futures by 2030. Want to know more about opportunities at Deloitte? Visit www.deloitte.com/ch/careers.

We consider all qualified applicants for employment regardless of race, ethnicity, religious beliefs, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability, in accordance with applicable law. Research shows that women are less likely to apply for roles unless they meet all criteria; don't hold yourself back – apply today. We do not accept applications from recruitment agencies for this position.

Deloitte AG and Deloitte Consulting AG are Swiss subsidiaries of Deloitte LLP, the DTTL member firm in the United Kingdom.