Swiss Immigration Lawyer​/Swiss Immigration Avocat

Switzerland | Permanent | 80%–100% | Hybrid Working

Richmond Chambers Switzerland is looking for an experienced Swiss-qualified Avocat with approximately 5–10 years’ professional experience to join our growing Swiss immigration practice.

We are particularly interested in hearing from practising Avocats who have practical experience of Swiss immigration law, although we do not expect immigration to have been the sole area of practice. Relevant experience may combine immigration with areas such as administrative law, taxation, employment law, corporate or commercial law, or private client work.

The successful candidate will be expected to have sufficient experience and technical confidence to advise clients from day one, manage matters independently and provide clear, practical and commercially focused advice.

This is an opportunity to join an established international immigration practice while playing an important role in the continued development of our Swiss team.

Richmond Chambers Switzerland is the Swiss branch of Richmond Chambers LLP, a leading specialist immigration law firm headquartered in London.

From our Swiss office in Montreux, we advise private and corporate clients on immigration matters across all Swiss cantons. Our clients include internationally mobile individuals, entrepreneurs, executives and businesses navigating the Swiss immigration system.

Our Swiss team works closely with colleagues in London, giving our lawyers the opportunity to work within an established international immigration practice while contributing directly to the development of our growing Swiss operation.

We are a modern, technology-enabled law firm, operating through cloud-based systems and making extensive use of digital tools and artificial intelligence to support legal research, drafting, knowledge management, case management and client service. We are interested in lawyers who are comfortable working in a technologically advanced professional environment and who are open to using new tools where they can improve the quality and efficiency of legal practice.

We place particular emphasis on technical quality, clear and strategic advice, responsiveness, sound judgement and excellent client service.

You will join our Swiss immigration team in a permanent position, working on a flexible 80%–100% basis.

Our Swiss office is in Montreux, but the successful candidate may be based elsewhere in Switzerland. We particularly welcome applicants within reasonable reach of a major centre such as Geneva, Lausanne, Bern or Zurich.

The role offers significant flexibility and a combination of remote working and in-person collaboration.

You will manage your own matters with a high degree of autonomy, work alongside colleagues on more complex cases and contribute to the continued development of the Swiss practice.

This is a client-facing role. You will be expected to take responsibility for advising clients and progressing matters from the outset, rather than working primarily in a supporting capacity.

Our Swiss immigration practice covers matters throughout Switzerland and across all cantons, including:

• EU/EFTA and third-country work and residence permits;
• corporate immigration and work authorisation;
• family reunification;
• residence for entrepreneurs, investors and financially independent individuals;
• private client immigration;
• settlement and C permits;
• Swiss citizenship and naturalisation;
• Schengen and national visas;
• cantonal and federal immigration procedures; and
• immigration appeals and other contentious matters.

Many of our cases involve wider questions of Swiss administrative law, taxation, employment or business structures, so experience in one or more of these areas can be…