Senior Associate Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Legal

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Senior Associate Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Senior Associate role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Senior Associate job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 36% of Senior Associate job descriptions contained solicitors as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

solicitors
36%
law firms
32%
property law
20%
commercial real estate
20%
corporate law
16%
law firm
12%
caseload
8%
legal
8%
construction
8%
applications
8%
law
8%
intellectual property
8%
property
8%
capital markets
8%
employment law
4%
commercial property associate
4%
private equity
4%
commercial property solicitor
4%
corporate work
4%
strategic m&a
4%
real estate solicitor
4%
equal opportunities
4%
real estate
4%
real estate associate
4%
investment
4%
competition law
4%
commercial
4%
employment
4%
lawyer
4%
non-contentious employment
4%
advising clients
4%
pension schemes
4%
commercial litigation
4%
pensions
4%
funding
4%
mediation
4%
merger
4%
negligence
4%
financial services
4%
organisational skills
4%
legal research
4%
senior associate
4%
negotiating
4%
solicitor
4%
residential services
4%
protection
4%
thought leadership
4%
communication skills
4%
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