Your role

- confident and authoritative with strong communication, advisory and negotiation skills
- an expert at building networks and connections
- commercial and business focused, with solid judgment
- organized, hit deadlines and are comfortable managing a litigation caseload in a dynamic legal environment

Your Career Comeback

We are open to applications from career returners. Find out more about our program on ubs.com/careercomeback.

Your team

You'll be working in the Employment Legal - Americas team. We're responsible for all employment legal issues across all Americas locations and we support all of the UBS Business Divisions. So, you can be working on something for the Investment Bank in New York in the morning and for Wealth Management in Puerto Rico in the afternoon. You'll work within a regional team of lawyers (located in Nashville, New York, Stamford and Weehawken) and be part of a global team (located in Zurich, London and Hong Kong).

Your expertise

You have:
- ideally at least 3 years' experience managing litigation in government, private practice or in-house with some exposure to employment law
- a law degree and are admitted to practice law in the U.S. (or ability to obtain admission)
- Exposure to FINRA or other arbitration forums
- experience working with senior stakeholders on sensitive matters
- excellent technical skills, sound critical thinking, problem-solving and negotiating skills, with the ability to apply those skills to a wide range of HR, employment, regulatory, tax and other issues
- self-motivation and capability of delivering solution-oriented, firm but fair, pragmatic and risk-based advice

About us

UBS is the world’s largest and the only truly global wealth manager. We operate through four business divisions: Global Wealth Management, Personal & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and the Investment Bank. Our global reach and the breadth of our expertise set us apart from our competitors..

We have a presence in all major financial centers in more than 50 countries.

Join us

At UBS, we embrace flexible ways of working when the role permits. We offer different working arrangements like part-time, job-sharing and hybrid (office and home) working. Our purpose-led culture and global infrastructure help us connect, collaborate, and work together in agile ways to meet all our business needs.

From gaining new experiences in different roles to acquiring fresh knowledge and skills, we know that great work is never done alone. We know that it's our people, with their unique backgrounds, skills, experience levels and interests, who drive our ongoing success. Together we’re more than ourselves. Ready to be part of #teamUBS and make an impact?

Disclaimer / Policy Statements

UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.