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Where a corporate lawyer can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a corporate lawyer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Corporate lawyers provide legal consulting services and representation to corporations and organisations. They give advice on matters relating to taxes, legal rights and patents, international trade, trademarks, and legal financial issues arising from operating a business.

Also known as intellectual property lawyer, business lawyer, patent lawyer, business solicitor, corporate counsel, corporate advocate, trademark lawyer, corporation lawyer, corporate attorney, company solicitor, corporate solicitor.

Professionals 66 skills on file 5 career moves 3 above 60% overlap Closest: legal consultant, 76%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 5 nearest destinations from corporate lawyer, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a corporate lawyer already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A corporate lawyer needs 21 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area

negotiate lawyer's fee communication, collaboration and creativity
analyse legal enforceability communication, collaboration and creativity
present legal arguments communication, collaboration and creativity
private law business, administration and law
consult with business clients communication, collaboration and creativity
interpret law communication, collaboration and creativity
present arguments persuasively communication, collaboration and creativity
identify clients' needs communication, collaboration and creativity
analyse legal evidence information skills
legal case management business, administration and law

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a corporate lawyer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Corporate lawyer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a corporate lawyer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.