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About the profession

Legal hiring starts with jurisdiction and practice area. Qualification is not portable across countries, and a commercial contracts lawyer and a litigator do genuinely different jobs even in the same market.

For in-house roles, the practical requirement is usually breadth plus judgement: commercial agreements, employment, data protection and the ability to say what risk is acceptable, not just what the rule says.

Skills to look for

• Contract drafting and negotiation
• Corporate and commercial law
• Employment law
• Data protection and privacy (GDPR and equivalents)
• Intellectual property
• Regulatory compliance
• Dispute resolution
• Legal research and drafting in more than one language

Common specialties

Commercial contracts

Customer, supplier and partnership agreements at volume.

Corporate and M&A

Structuring, diligence and transaction documents.

Employment

Contracts, policies and cross-border employment questions.

Data protection

Privacy programmes, DPAs and regulator-facing work.

IP and technology

Licensing, software terms and brand protection.

Experience and seniority

Junior lawyers draft and research under supervision. Mid-level lawyers run matters independently within a practice area. Senior and general counsel-level lawyers advise leadership, set policy and decide when outside counsel is needed.

Remote, hybrid or on-site

In-house legal work is increasingly remote or hybrid. Court practice, notarial acts and regulated filings remain tied to a jurisdiction and often to a physical presence.

How unigrig matching works for this role

State the jurisdiction, the practice area and the working languages. unigrig matches on location, languages, seniority and stated specialisation, which is the only reliable way to filter legal talent internationally.