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, 44% of Head Legal job descriptions contained head of legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

head of legal
44%
legal
38%
solicitor
25%
commercial contracts
25%
in-house lawyer
25%
contracts
25%
general counsel
25%
senior legal counsel
19%
legal counsel
19%
in-house solicitor
13%
lawyer
13%
data protection
13%
commercial
13%
law
13%
ip
13%
leadership
7%
telecommunications
7%
litigation
7%
commercial law
7%
communication skills
7%
commercial litigation
7%
commercial contracts lawyer
7%
insurance
7%
commercial solicitor
7%
commercial lawyer
7%
intellectual property
7%
gdpr
7%
telco industry
7%
solicitors
7%
agreements
7%
in house lawyer
7%
counsel
7%
acquisitions
7%
senior solicitor
7%
cambridge
7%
qualified lawyer
7%
defence
7%
nda
7%
casework
7%
saas
7%
complaints
7%
sole legal counsel
7%
mergers
7%
policies
7%
tech
7%
peterborough
7%
caseload
7%
technology
7%
regulatory
7%
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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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