Senior Legal Counsel Real Estate & Commercial Contracting

Key Responsibilities: Provide strategic legal counsel on complex real estate, facilities, and commercial contracting matters. Lead the drafting, review, and negotiation of high-value transactional agreements. Partner with global and local stakeholders to identify risks and deliver practical solutions. Support mergers, acquisitions, licensing, and other strategic business transactions. Manage external counsel while ensuring effective oversight of legal spend. Advise on environmental, health, safety, and sustainability-related legal matters in Switzerland. Develop legal processes, guidance, and training that enable informed business decision-making. Essential Requirements: Qualified Swiss lawyer with significant post‑qualification experience in commercial contracting and real estate matters. Proven experience supporting complex real estate transactions within industry or private practice. Strong expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements. Demonstrated experience leading negotiations and managing multiple legal projects independently. Ability to prioritize competing deadlines and deliver high‑quality work in a fast‑paced environment. Excellent stakeholder management skills with experience collaborating across global cross‑functional teams. Strong communication, influencing, and relationship‑building skills with a collaborative mindset. Desirable Requirements: Fluency in written and spoken English and German highly preferred. Benefits & Rewards: At Novartis, we’re committed to reimagining medicine together and rewarding the people who make it happen.