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

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Senior Lawyer Skills List in Legal

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Senior Lawyer role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Senior Lawyer job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 34% of Senior Lawyer job descriptions contained law as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

law
34%
legal advice
23%
employment
23%
legal
23%
strategic growth
12%
solicitor
12%
lawyer
12%
corporate solicitor
12%
corporate lawyer
12%
insolvency
12%
financial services
12%
commercial disputes
12%
client relations skills
12%
non-contentious employment
12%
m&a
12%
corporate finance
12%
corporate
12%
venture capital
12%
billing
12%
private equity
12%
mergers
12%
joint venture
12%
corporate law
12%
gdpr
12%
commercial solicitor
12%
commercial contracts
12%
electoral law
12%
employment law
12%
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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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