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, 49% of Head Legal job descriptions contained legal as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

legal
49%
legal compliance
16%
law
16%
solicitors
13%
wills
13%
intellectual property
10%
data privacy
10%
procurement contracts
10%
lawyer
10%
contracts
10%
compliance
10%
litigation
10%
greek
7%
commercial awareness
7%
legal matters
7%
german
7%
negotiation
7%
land acquisition
7%
public law
7%
renewable energy
7%
legal advice
7%
private client
7%
in-house
7%
head of legal
7%
dublin
7%
property
7%
energy
4%
vat returns
4%
case management
4%
legal accounts
4%
cashiers
4%
english
4%
bookkeeping
4%
annual returns
4%
money transfers
4%
legal requirements
4%
planning permission
4%
strategic thinking
4%
environmental
4%
german law
4%
reconciliation
4%
sar
4%
corporate solicitor
4%
strategic m&a
4%
telecommunications
4%
appeals
4%
court appearances
4%
employment law
4%
employment legislation
4%
employment tribunal
4%
inheritance tax planning
4%
private client work
4%
estate administration
4%
law firm
4%
pharmaceutical industry
4%
trusts
4%
commercial contracts
4%
legal documents
4%
utilities
4%
administrative
4%
bank accounts
4%
kyc
4%
offshore
4%
advice
4%
caseload
4%
protection
4%
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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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