Legal Trainee - Legal Procurement (for Direct, Indirect, Data/Digital & IT areas)
- Unternehmen
- Novartis Pharma AG
- Ort
- BASEL
- Ausgabedatum
- 14.08.2025
- Referenznummer
- 1045142
Beschreibung
Job ID
REQ-10053680
Aug 14, 2025
Switzerland
### Summary ###
We are offering a 6-month legal trainee position starting January 2026 to support the Novartis Procurement, Data/Digital &IT Legal department on a wide range of legal matters and projects in areas such as contract law, commercial law, antitrust law, intellectual property and disputes/litigation.
### About the Role ###
We are offering a 6-month legal trainee position starting January 2026 to support the Novartis Procurement, Data/Digital &IT Legal department on a wide range of legal matters and projects in areas such as contract law, commercial law, antitrust law, intellectual property and disputes/litigation. This legal trainee position offers excellent opportunities to gain first-class, hands-on in-house legal experience within the stimulating, multinational environment of a leading pharmaceutical company.
Duration: 6 months
Start: January 1, 2026
**Your responsibilities will include:**
- Support a diverse range of commercial matters relating to direct and indirect procurement, manufacturing, IT
- Support diverse range of legal projects, e.g. contract templates, legal trainings, global legal research projects, digitalization, outsourcing, etc.
- Assist with the drafting, negotiation and review of a variety of transactional, commercial and agreements
- Draft legal memoranda on a wide variety of legal issues and disputes, Draft document and key position summaries
- Provide legal advice to internal clients
- You will be supervised and guided by a range of lawyers on different levels of the company, ensuring a great learning experience
**What you-ll bring to the role:**
Essential:
- Swiss Law degree (Master of Law and Bachelor of Law has to be on Swiss Law), master's degree needs to be completed before start date
- Business-level English skills (written and spoken), additional language is a plus
- Interest in legal topics in a large multinational group of companies
- High motivation to perform, to discover and learn new things and ability to work independently
Desirable requirements:
- Prior legal professional experience in a law firm, court or legal in-house department (internships etc.) would be helpful. We are also open to applicants without prior experience who have a strong interest and are motivated to learn on the job
- Other professional experience in the corporate environment is a plus
Please submit a cover letter that includes your motivation for the position and your availability to start in January 2026. Thank you.
**Why Novartis**
Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients- lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
**Accessibility and accommodation:**
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion\_ch@novartis.com, and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
**Why Novartis:** Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients- lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
**Join our Novartis Network:** Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network (link is external)
**Benefits and Rewards:** Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we-ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Division
Legal
Business Unit
Universal Hierarchy Node
Location
Switzerland
Site
Basel (City)
Company / Legal Entity
C028 (FCRS = CH028) Novartis Pharma AG
Functional Area
Others
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Early Career (Fixed Term)
Shift Work
No
REQ-10053680
Aug 14, 2025
Switzerland
### Summary ###
We are offering a 6-month legal trainee position starting January 2026 to support the Novartis Procurement, Data/Digital &IT Legal department on a wide range of legal matters and projects in areas such as contract law, commercial law, antitrust law, intellectual property and disputes/litigation.
### About the Role ###
We are offering a 6-month legal trainee position starting January 2026 to support the Novartis Procurement, Data/Digital &IT Legal department on a wide range of legal matters and projects in areas such as contract law, commercial law, antitrust law, intellectual property and disputes/litigation. This legal trainee position offers excellent opportunities to gain first-class, hands-on in-house legal experience within the stimulating, multinational environment of a leading pharmaceutical company.
Duration: 6 months
Start: January 1, 2026
**Your responsibilities will include:**
- Support a diverse range of commercial matters relating to direct and indirect procurement, manufacturing, IT
- Support diverse range of legal projects, e.g. contract templates, legal trainings, global legal research projects, digitalization, outsourcing, etc.
- Assist with the drafting, negotiation and review of a variety of transactional, commercial and agreements
- Draft legal memoranda on a wide variety of legal issues and disputes, Draft document and key position summaries
- Provide legal advice to internal clients
- You will be supervised and guided by a range of lawyers on different levels of the company, ensuring a great learning experience
**What you-ll bring to the role:**
Essential:
- Swiss Law degree (Master of Law and Bachelor of Law has to be on Swiss Law), master's degree needs to be completed before start date
- Business-level English skills (written and spoken), additional language is a plus
- Interest in legal topics in a large multinational group of companies
- High motivation to perform, to discover and learn new things and ability to work independently
Desirable requirements:
- Prior legal professional experience in a law firm, court or legal in-house department (internships etc.) would be helpful. We are also open to applicants without prior experience who have a strong interest and are motivated to learn on the job
- Other professional experience in the corporate environment is a plus
Please submit a cover letter that includes your motivation for the position and your availability to start in January 2026. Thank you.
**Why Novartis**
Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients- lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
**Accessibility and accommodation:**
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion\_ch@novartis.com, and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
**Why Novartis:** Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients- lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
**Join our Novartis Network:** Not the right Novartis role for you? Sign up to our talent community to stay connected and learn about suitable career opportunities as soon as they come up: https://talentnetwork.novartis.com/network (link is external)
**Benefits and Rewards:** Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we-ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
Division
Legal
Business Unit
Universal Hierarchy Node
Location
Switzerland
Site
Basel (City)
Company / Legal Entity
C028 (FCRS = CH028) Novartis Pharma AG
Functional Area
Others
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Early Career (Fixed Term)
Shift Work
No