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

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Head Legal Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Head Legal role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Head Legal job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 45% of Head Legal job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
45%
legal counsel
35%
law
35%
solicitor
30%
barrister
20%
lawyer
20%
trustee
15%
legal matters
15%
commercial
15%
in-house
15%
charity
15%
head of legal
10%
management
10%
management skills
10%
contracts
10%
commercial agreements
5%
commercial litigation
5%
family law
5%
corporate
5%
financial services
5%
london
5%
regulatory
5%
business development
5%
edinburgh
5%
strategy
5%
scotland
5%
operations manager
5%
operations management
5%
operations
5%
litigation
5%
head of operations
5%
governance
5%
client development
5%
saudi arabia
5%
norwich
5%
legal conveyancing
5%
derby
5%
msas
5%
conveyancer
5%
compliance
5%
commercial solicitor
5%
dublin
5%
biotechnology
5%
bio tech
5%
cambridge
5%
data protection
5%
gdpr
5%
in house
5%
legal director
5%
life science
5%
privacy
5%
claims
5%
commercial contracts
5%
accreditation
5%
employment
5%
in house lawyer
5%
in-house counsel
5%
in-house lawyer
5%
real estate
5%
caseload
5%
conveyancing
5%
legal work
5%
residential homes
5%
asset management
5%
saas
5%
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While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

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