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

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General Counsel Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a General Counsel role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of General Counsel job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of General Counsel job descriptions contained legal counsel as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal counsel
50%
commercial
50%
solicitor
38%
law
25%
in-house
25%
legal
25%
contracts
25%
law degree
13%
litigation
13%
locum
13%
cyber
13%
data
13%
general legal
13%
food industry
13%
legal advice
13%
legal matters
13%
legal practice
13%
llb
13%
interim
13%
spices
13%
fmcg
13%
technology
13%
saas
13%
norfolk
13%
lawyer
13%
agreements
13%
north east
13%
newcastle
13%
commercial contracts
13%
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