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, 55% of Legal Counsel job descriptions contained contracts as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

contracts
55%
legal
55%
compliance
37%
legal compliance
37%
intellectual property
37%
policies
28%
advising
28%
procurement contracts
19%
data privacy
19%
commercial contracts
19%
solicitor
19%
legal counsel
19%
cryptocurrency
10%
in-house lawyer
10%
counsel
10%
commercial lawyer
10%
cilex
10%
otc derivatives
10%
digital assets
10%
derivatives
10%
crypto
10%
contract negotiation
10%
litigation
10%
general legal
10%
employment law
10%
commercial litigation
10%
civil litigation
10%
legal documents
10%
data protection act
10%
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