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Corporate Counsel resume example

In-house counsel are judged on business impact: deals supported, risk reduced, costs saved. Show your practice areas, the business you support and outcomes.

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Corporate Counsel resume summary example

In-house counsel with 10 years of practice, 5 in technology companies. Lead commercial contracting for a $400M SaaS business, cut contract cycle time by 40% and outside-counsel spend by $1.2M a year.

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Experience bullet examples for a corporate counsel

  • Lead commercial contracting for a $400M SaaS business: customer, vendor and partner agreements
  • Cut contract cycle time by 40% with playbooks, templates and self-serve NDAs
  • Brought work in-house, reducing outside-counsel spend by $1.2M a year
  • Advise on privacy (GDPR, CCPA), employment and two acquisitions
  • Advised technology and energy clients on M&A and commercial agreements

Each bullet starts with an action verb and ends with a result. That is what separates an achievement from a job description.

Skills for a corporate counsel resume

Commercial contractsSaaS agreementsPrivacy (GDPR, CCPA)M&A supportNegotiationContract playbooksRisk managementEmployment lawOutside-counsel managementBusiness partnering

Keywords that appear in corporate counsel job postings

Applicant tracking systems match your resume against the posting. These terms recur in real corporate counsel listings, use the ones that are true for you, in the posting’s own wording.

corporate counselin-housecommercial contractsnegotiationprivacyGDPRM&Acompliancerisk managementlegal adviceSaaSoutside counsel

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Tips for writing a corporate counsel resume

  1. Show business outcomes: cycle times, savings, deals enabled.
  2. List bar admissions and certifications.
  3. Name the areas you advise on.

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What skills should I put on a corporate counsel resume?

List the specific skills the job posting asks for that you genuinely have. For corporate counsel roles, common ones include Commercial contracts, SaaS agreements, Privacy (GDPR, CCPA), M&A support, Negotiation, Contract playbooks, Risk management, Employment law.

How long should a corporate counsel resume be?

One page for most candidates. Two pages only if you have many years of directly relevant experience and every line earns its place.

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