Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
• Motivated professional with experience in driving corporate housekeeping for 42 subsidiaries in EMEA/Switzerland/APJC. • Providing Paralegal support to the EMEA Sales & Marketing team. • Trained in HR matters by a Senior Corporate Counsel specialized in EMEA labour law. Capacity to make research in Swiss labour law, memo and analyses and coordinate foreign labour law matters. • As a Team Member, is known to be a quick learner, eager to take on new challenges, dedicated, detail and solutions oriented with strong organizational skills and who has the ability to execute against multiple projects and meet deadlines. • Able to maintain a high decree of confidentiality, reliability, discretion, quality and professionalism.
- Overseeing all aspects of legal entity management for all WW corporate subsidiaries with the exception of NAM, LAT, China and Taiwan, including entity incorporations and liquidations, approval of annual accounts, dividend distribution payment, change of audit firms, change of premises’s registered address, Director/Officer appointments, removals, and re-elections, updates to personal and corporate records (such as passports and residential addresses), issuance of Powers of Attorney (POAs), renewal of electronic signatures, Ultimate Beneficial Owner (UBO) reviews and registrations, Data Protection Officer (DPO) registrations, and ensuring compliance with new and emerging legal requirements. - Providing proactive legal and administrative support to internal functions (Tax, P&C, Treasury, Accounting) by addressing a wide range of corporate-related requests and ensuring seamless coordination across business units. - Managing the WW Legal accruals by coordinating with Logitech counsels and external law firms, Accounting, and Procurement teams, utilizing systems such as Legal Tracker and Oracle to ensure accurate tracking, reporting, and alignment with financial controls. - Reviewing legal documents such as contracts, agreements, and other corporate documents in connection with legal entity management. - Providing other legal support as agreed from time to time such as distribution agreements preparation and tracking.
- Driving corporate housekeeping for 42 subsidiaries in EMEA & APJC and issuing necessary powers of attorney with the help of a local outside counsel; - Handling the creation of new EMEA and APJC legal entities and the liquidation of existing EMEA and APJC legal entities with the help of a local outside counsel; - Handling Standard Distribution Agreements in EMEA; - Handling Selective Distribution T&Cs.
- Driving corporate housekeeping for 25 subsidiaries in EMEA and issuing necessary powers of attorney with the help of a local outside counsel; - Handling the creation of new EMEA legal entities and the liquidation of existing EMEA legal entities with the help of a local outside counsel; - Handling Standard Distribution Agreements in EMEA; - Handling Selective Distribution T&Cs.
- Purchase and sales contracts execution; - Receipt and negotiation of documentary credits and documents issuing; - Contacts with banks, shipping lines, forwarders and warehouses; - Stocks handling; - Invoicing and payments control.