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 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

• You will provide high-quality legal advice to our clients across a wide range of industries on domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, joint ventures, as well as post-transaction reorganisation and integration engagements.
• You will play a key role in executing end-to-end M&A engagements, collaborating with financial advisory, tax, consulting, and other Deloitte service lines to coordinate complex transactions with clients and external parties.
• You will benefit from the opportunity to participate in various projects driven by other Deloitte service lines and gain insights into our multidisciplinary way of working.
• You will form an important part of our growing Deloitte Legal team and contribute to developing our transactional services in the market.
• You will follow a clear, long-term career path with a professional training curriculum.

Who We Are Looking For

• You are admitted to the bar in Switzerland or Germany and ideally bring academic or professional experience gained abroad.
• You possess 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.
• You have a “can do” and client/solution-oriented attitude, along with the ability to collaborate and interact smoothly with people from different backgrounds.
• You are capable of taking project ownership and can analyze complex problems, develop and communicate solution options, and manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced, demanding advisory environment.
• You have an entrepreneurial, pragmatic mindset with an affinity for innovation and technology-enabled legal services.
• You possess a communicative and resilient personality with a high level of self-initiative and a willingness to go the extra mile.
• You are fluent in both German and English, and proficiency in additional languages would be an advantage.

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

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 brighten the futures of those our work affects. At Deloitte, you can build a career that inspires and energizes you.

In Switzerland, we provide industry-specific services in the areas of Audit & Assurance, Tax & Legal, Strategy, Risk & Transactions Advisory, and Technology & Transformation. With close to 3,000 employees at six locations, we serve companies and organizations of all sizes across all industry sectors. We offer meaningful and challenging work, a supportive environment where you can be yourself, and opportunities for continuous growth. You will benefit from flexible working conditions as well as wellbeing and parental programs.

Join us and become part of a global network of like-minded individuals dedicated to making a difference, whether it’s addressing climate change or improving 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.