Global Litigation Lead

Global Litigation Lead

Company: Nestlé

Location: Vevey, CH

Function: Legal

Job Type: Hybrid

Location: Vevey, Switzerland
Work model: Hybrid / Full time
Contract type / duration: Permanent

Start date: As soon as possible

Be a force for good and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet.

At Nestlé, our purpose is to unlock the power of food and beverages to enhance quality of life for everyone, today and for generations to come.

As a Global Litigation Lead at Nestlé, your mission is to shape and elevate litigation strategy at Group level while leading complex matters that carry significant business and reputational impact. You’ll make a difference by collaborating closely with senior legal leaders, market experts, cross-functional partners, and external counsel. This is your opportunity to take ownership, grow your expertise, and make a difference at scale.

How you’ll make an impact as a Global Litigation Lead

• Leading the Group litigation philosophy to continue to build a sharper, more proactive dispute strategy and improve litigation outcomes across the business.
• Driving enterprise-wide visibility of litigation risk through clear reporting, trend analysis, and insight that informs senior decision-making.
• Building trusted strategic guidance for priority disputes, helping the business protect its reputation, defend its innovations, and act decisively when needed.
• Developing global best practices, governance, and capability building that strengthen litigation readiness and raise the quality of case assessment.
• Optimizing external counsel strategy, performance, and spend to ensure the right expertise, challenge, and execution on complex matters.
• Lead complex litigation by driving strategy, governance and aligning legal, operational, regulatory, and communications stakeholders around decisive action.

What will make you successful

• Bringing deep litigation and dispute strategy expertise across diverse jurisdictions and legal systems, with the confidence and drive to pursue firm, proactive, and offensive positions when needed to protect the business.
• Applying sharp judgment to navigate ambiguity, evaluate risk, and shape clear recommendations in high-pressure situations.
• Using strong influence and credibility to align senior stakeholders, market teams, and external counsel around bold and effective legal strategies.
• Collaborating across functions and geographies to turn litigation insight into practical action, stronger governance, and better business outcomes.
• Communicating fluently in English, with the ability to convey complex legal positions clearly, credibly, and persuasively to a wide range of audiences.
• Bringing curiosity, empathy, empowerment, wellbeing mindset, learning agility, resourcefulness and performance.

At Nestlé, we place people at the heart of everything we do.

Our benefits are designed to support your growth and wellbeing, so you can thrive at work and in life:

• Flexible working options, including hybrid work possibilities (for office based roles)
• Paid holidays beyond legal requirements
• Learning and development opportunities to grow your career
• Performance based bonus
• Healthcare contribution and access to the Employee Assistance Program
• Strong employer contribution to your pension plan
• Generous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions
• Attractive employee discounts across various products and services

What to expect from our hiring process

We are committed to an inclusive and respectful hiring experience and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations if needed. Our workplaces are fully accessible and supported by a strong safety culture, with modern installations and procedures to ensure a safe environment for everyone.

The hiring process typically includes a video interview with Talent Acquisition, an interview with the hiring team, and a final discussion and offer. We review applications as they are received and close the role once a strong list of relevant candidates is identified, so we encourage you to apply early. All information is treated confidentially.

Stay vigilant: Nestlé will only contact candidates via official company email addresses and will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information at any stage of the hiring process.

Ready to Be a Force for Good?

Apply now and accelerate change that improves lives and the planet.