Legal Assistant​/Corporate Paralegal

Avolta is a leading global travel experience company, serving travelers with an innovative and integrated travel retail, food & beverage and convenience offering worldwide. Our company is present in more than 1,000 locations across 70 countries with 5,100 outlets across airports, motorways, rail stations and other venues, and more than 77,000 employees worldwide. Avolta is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.

We are looking for a dedicated Legal Assistant / Corporate Paralegal to join us at our offices in Basel and Zurich Switzerland. You will be an integral part of Avolta’s global Legal & Compliance team, with primary responsibility for the administrative and paralegal work streams within the HQ Legal function.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Day-to-day administration of the company’s centralized signature process for legal documents (e.g. contracts, corporate documentation).
• Administrative coordination with notary, external counsel and public authorities.
• Maintenance of legal entity management and contract lifecycle tools.
• General administrative support to members of the Legal & Compliance team.
• Support with matter management, e-billing.
• Coordination of departmental projects and initiatives.
• Processing of know-your-customer (KYC) and vendor due diligence requests.
• Support with corporate housekeeping and the preparation of standard corporate and legal documents.
• Handling internal stakeholder requests and coordination with members of the Legal & Compliance team.

Our ideal candidate will have the following background:

• A minimum of 3 years of experience as a legal assistant, corporate paralegal or similar position in a legal department or a law firm, ideally in a multi-jurisdictional context.
• Full professional proficiency in English and German.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong process management and attention to detail.
• Proactive, independent working style with a high level of resilience and professionalism.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Words, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Flexibility with respect to place of work (Basel and Zurich) is required.

If you are excited for an opportunity to take the next step in your career with a dynamic global company based in Switzerland, we look forward to receiving your application. Please note that we will only review applications with CV and motivation letter.