Legal Intern

Bern | 100-100% |

This is your contribution

• Getting to know antitrust proceedings from the initial stage to the decision
• Processing notifications of merger projects and conducting market monitoring
• Answering questions in the field of the Cartel Act predominantly in German or French
• Assisting and processing advisory requests from authorities and companies as well as taking on administrative tasks such as file management or file inspection
• Taking minutes at plenary sessions

What makes you unique

• Master's degree in law completed or at the latest by the start of the internship
• Interest in effective competition and interdisciplinary work
• Flexibility, analytical and editorial skills as well as enjoyment of diverse and complex issues
• Interdisciplinary thinking, initiative, independence and teamwork skills
• Very good active and passive knowledge of two official languages

In a nutshell

Are you interested in competition? An internship at WEKO allows you to gain initial professional experience in an exciting activity, to take a first step into the working world and, beyond that, to get to know the areas, culture and structures of the Federal Administration.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

We promote competition

The Competition Commission (WEKO) and its secretariat monitor the competitive conditions in Switzerland as independent federal authorities. The secretariat consists of 70 employees mainly with legal and economic backgrounds, and carries out, among others, the procedures provided for by the Cartel and Merger Act.

Additional information

Start on 1 March 2027 or by arrangement.
The internship can be started at the latest 18 months after the last academic degree.

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