Senior Startup & Venture Capital Lawyer (80%-100%)
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland · Hybrid
Senior
Who are we? Welcome to the Kellerhals Carrard Startup & Venture Capital Team, where innovation and technology meet law! We are not your average law firm; we live the ‘startup vibe’ while grounding our business on the fou…
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Full-time
bachelor degree
Competitive compensation, Client acquisition participation, Bonus, State-of-the-art legal tech and AI infrastructure, Professional development, Remote work
Posted 95d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
You will manage client relationships and provide legal counsel to startups, scale-ups, and investors throughout their life cycle. Your role involves handling complex venture capital and M&A transactions while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Swiss law degree and possess several years of practical experience in corporate and transaction law. Fluency in both German and English is required, along with a strong academic background and an entrepreneurial mindset.
Full job description
Who are we?
Welcome to the Kellerhals Carrard Startup & Venture Capital Team, where innovation and technology meet law!
We are not your average law firm; we live the ‘startup vibe’ while grounding our business on the foundation of a law firm that has gained expertise for over a century. We were among the first law firms in Switzerland to have a dedicated focus on the thriving tech market. As such, we have emerged as one of the leading law firms for entrepreneurs and investors, and are currently listed as Switzerland’s #1 most active and DACH’s second most active VC law firm by Pitchbook, with more than half a billion VC investments into Swiss startups facilitated in 2025.
We advise technology companies (including spin-offs from ETH, HSG and other reputed Swiss universities) at all stages of their life cycle - from founding to exit. Our clients include founders, startups, scale-ups and established technology companies as well as venture capital, private equity and corporate investors.
What do we offer
Client Interaction: Build your own client relationships from day one – backed by an experienced team.
Competitive Compensation: Attractive package of base salary, client acquisition participation, and bonus.
Team& Tools: Collaborative team with state-of-the-art legal tech and AI infrastructure.
Professional Development: Broad transaction exposure and diverse growth opportunities.
Additional Perks: Central and accessible office location at Bellevue, Zurich; extensive network of top experts across all KC locations across Switzerland; opportunity to work at other offices at times; remote work; regular team events, team lunches, retreats, and more.
Your mission
Why you?
You are an experienced lawyer in venture capital or M&A transactions as well as general corporate law with a passion for technology and innovation who wants to join our ever-growing team. Your entrepreneurial spirit, your willingness to go the extra mile and your hunger for personal development set you apart.
Your profile
Legal Expertise: You have a Swiss law degree and several years of relevant practical experience in Swiss law.
Languages: You speak both German and English fluently and youare able to communicate confidently and flawlessly in both – in spoken and in written form.
Academic Performance: You have showcased impressive academic achievements, including results in your legal studies above average.
Client Focus:You do not lose sight of clients’ interests.
Collaborative Team Player: You communicate complex legal matters clearly and work effectively across teams, delegating and overseeing work with confidence.
Adaptability and Agility: You demonstrate the ability to adapt to fast-paced, dynamic environments inherent in the startup and VC culture, showing agility in addressing legal issues efficiently.
Entrepreneurial Spirit: You are self-driven, curious, solution-oriented, and committed to continuous improvement.
Why us?
We are not just looking for lawyers; we are keen on further building on one of the finest, most savvy and efficient legal teams for technology companies and investors in Switzerland and beyond.
We do not take it for granted that we have the privilege to act as key legal enablers in the ever-growing Swiss tech scene, and we enjoy every moment of it. We get to work with the brightest and also most challenging minds: founders, researchers, professional investors, professors and many more stakeholders.
Join us, and be part of a team that enjoys every moment at the cutting edge of the Swiss startup scene and technological evolution.
About us
We are a leading law firm with offices throughout Switzerland, located in Basel, Binningen, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Sion and Zurich. Our clients include national and international companies, institutions and private individuals in Switzerland and abroad.
With 300 professionals (comprised of partners, salaried lawyers, legal experts, tax advisers and notaries) and a total of more than 500 staff, Kellerhals Carrard is the largest law firm in Switzerland. We have offices in Basel, Berne, Geneva, Lausanne, Lugano, Sion and Zurich and representation offices in Binningen, Gstaad, Shanghai, and Tokyo.
We advise and represent companies and entrepreneurs from all industries and economic sectors, public authorities, national and international organisations and private individuals before all judicial and administrative bodies nationally and abroad in practically all areas of the law:
• Company and corporate law, external legal department
• Litigation, arbitration and insolvency law
• M&A and capital markets law
• Regulatory financial markets law, financial services, collective investments, leasing, insurance
• IT/IP, distribution, competition and anti-trust law
• International sports law
• Tax
• Public law
• Employment and social insurance law
• Commercial criminal law and international mutual assistance / compliance
• Family and inheritance law for private customers
• Notarial office
We focus in particular on the areas of financial services, life sciences, IMT (Information, Technology and Media), sport and entertainment, energy and real estate/construction, and retail.