Legal Counsel Lawyer in Legal Protection - Contract Law Specialist

100%, Lausanne / Smart Working

Shape your future with us!

AXA-ARAG, one of the leading legal protection insurers in Switzerland, is rapidly expanding. Our legal department, with around 200 employees across three sites in Switzerland, handles over 100,000 legal requests from our clients each year. Our ambition: to continuously improve the customer experience at a high standard, by innovating, thinking differently, and fully embracing digital transformation.

Our corporate culture is based on openness, flexibility, and mutual recognition. With us, your opinion truly matters. We offer modern working models and real opportunities for personal development. Do you enjoy taking responsibility and aspire to play a central role within your team? Would you like to support our clients in their legal challenges, explore innovative approaches, and evolve with digital transformation?

- Then you are the person with the right mindset we are looking for!

What we offer you

We believe that satisfied employees achieve better performance. That is why we offer salary supplements that provide tangible benefits beyond the ordinary.

Flexibility and freedom: Smart Working (flexible working model), annual working hours, five weeks’ holiday (six weeks from age 50), two additional weeks’ holiday granted every five years, option to purchase up to ten extra days’ holiday per year

Work-life balance: family-friendly meeting times, 22 weeks maternity leave, eight weeks paternity leave, subsidies for childcare, company family allowances, leave days for caring for relatives or in difficult personal situations

Pension and insurance: an attractive pension fund offering extended supra-mandatory benefits and savings options, and up to 30% discount on insurance products

Flexible benefits: AXA Shareplan (employee participation), CHF 500 per year on the Swibeco benefits platform, discounted lunch meals or Lunch Card, Smart Working allowance of CHF 200 per year

Mobility: reimbursement of half-fare travelcard, Reka-Pay up to CHF 1000 per year (20% discount), fleet discounts, free electric charging station, AXA bikes to borrow

Good work balance: free health check-ups, health weeks every year, varied physical activity offers (online and on-site), massage offers, rest rooms, Employee Care, online health portal, various seminars and events on health prevention and mental health

Development: three days for individual training, wide range of learning and development opportunities, free coaching, financial participation in continuing education, promotion of internal mobility, talent development offers, seminars for those over 55 (AXA Horizon), engagement in communities on various topics, participation in innovative projects (Innoday, AXA Hackathon, UnConference), two days dedicated to volunteer missions (environmental and social)

Your future workplace

Chemin de Primerose, 1007 Lausanne

Send your application!

If you have questions or need assistance, do not hesitate to contact Grégoire Virchaux by email at gregoire.virchaux@axa-arag.ch.

Diversity and inclusion are core values at AXA

Open-mindedness, tolerance, respect for what differentiates us as well as what unites us are essential characteristics of collaboration at AXA Switzerland. We aim to promote equal opportunities and remove barriers in the recruitment process.

If you need assistance or individual adaptations due to a disability, neurodivergence and/or health issue, you can contact the Recruiting team at any time:

About AXA

At AXA, we believe that everyone has the potential to actively contribute to shaping the future. Our goal is to create a dynamic, encouraging, and progressive working environment that stimulates and inspires you. With a culture marked by peer collaboration, trust, and diversity. With our modern working conditions, we want to consider the needs of our employees and help you develop your strengths, take responsibility, and engage within your team for new ideas. This way, you can grow personally and help shape the world of tomorrow with us, protecting what really matters.

We look forward to your application!

For administrative and data protection reasons, only complete applications (CV, certificates, etc.) sent using the online application link will be considered.

We do not accept recruitment agency applications for this position.

What awaits you

• Advising our clients by phone and in writing in various areas of law such as contract law, road traffic law, family law, inheritance law, tax law, criminal law, insurance law
• Approaching our clients’ legal issues pragmatically and realistically
• Ensuring quality legal support, taking into account legal issues and clients’ personal situations
• Working closely with colleagues in the legal department and other teams, in a spirit of mutual support and knowledge sharing

What you bring

• University degree in Swiss law (MLaw), experience in the relevant fields, a lawyer’s licence is an advantage
• Excellent management of a high workload
• Good IT skills, especially with Microsoft Office
• Strong negotiation and communication skills as well as excellent written expression
• Willingness to work in a team and maintain close relationships with our clients
• Ability to work independently, precisely, and goal-oriented
• Stress resistance and ability to handle a sustained workload
• Excellent command of French (native or equivalent level); good knowledge of English and/or German is an advantage