corporate lawyer
Code 2611.1.1
The corporate / in-house lawyer (fiscal de empresa, abogado corporativo o gerente legal) protects the organisation from inside: contracts, governance, regulatory matters and support to management. Use this Job Dictionary profile to define in-house counsel as distinct from pure external litigation.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- corporate law
- legal case management
- legal research
- court procedures
- legal terminology
Skills and competences
- analyse legal enforceability
- consult with business clients
- develop professional network
- analyse legal evidence
- identify clients' needs
- interpret law
- provide legal advice
- present arguments persuasively
- present legal arguments
- protect client interests
- compile legal documents
- respond to enquiries
- use consulting techniques
Transversal competences
- observe confidentiality
- negotiate lawyer's fee
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What to assess for this role
Assess business pragmatism, risk prioritisation and collaboration with managers.
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Common questions about this role when you are hiring or writing the job profile.
- What does corporate counsel do?
- Reviews and negotiates contracts, advises on compliance and anticipates legal exposure of commercial decisions.
- Must they be litigators?
- Not necessarily. Many in-house counsel coordinate external firms for disputes and focus on prevention.
- What to measure in selection?
- Clarity explaining residual risk and relevant sector experience (mining, retail, tech, etc.).
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Sources
This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences