Legal Counsel Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Legal Counsel Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Legal Counsel role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Legal Counsel job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 31% of Legal Counsel job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
31%
legal compliance
24%
contracts
24%
law
16%
procurement contracts
16%
intellectual property
16%
data privacy
16%
legal counsel
16%
commercial solicitor
16%
solicitor
16%
strategic m&a
8%
environmental
8%
german
8%
german law
8%
land acquisition
8%
travel management
8%
planning permission
8%
public law
8%
renewable energy
8%
risk
8%
nq
8%
legal research
8%
magic circle
8%
strategic counsel
8%
legal work
8%
legal matters
8%
senior legal counsel
8%
in house lawyer
8%
dublin
8%
counsel
8%
in-house
8%
lawyer
8%
commercial lawyer
8%
commercial
8%
contract law
8%
data protection law
8%
employment law
8%
in house legal counsel
8%
legal assistant
8%
pqe
8%
architectural
8%
architecture
8%
construction
8%
associate
8%
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