As a corporate lawyer, you will be involved in advising businesses on the company’s numerous legal rights, responsibilities, and obligations. In general, corporate practice involves handling a wide range of legal issues which are related to businesses and the corporate world.
A corporate lawyer could associate with corporates or companies by providing legal services and support to ease their business environment.He/She works on different matters including article of association, stakeholder's rights,incorporation, and disputes. The corporate lawyer may deal with disputes which are national or international level based on the nature of companies.
Providing accurate and precise advice for the company
Conducting research and assisting the company with various legal issues
Advising business clients on corporate governance and operations issues
Forming documents containing-policies, organizational structures, rules, licenses etc
Creating employment contracts, confidentiality agreements, agreements for breach or non-compliance with the contract
Managing private equity of the firm/company which includes structure of funds and investments, negotiating deals with other companies, advises on exits, and assists in raising funds for the company
Educating business clients on the rights and responsibilities of corporate directors and officers and the general oversight of the legal activities of the company
Monitoring working of the corporation as per the governing rules and regulations of its authority supervising it
Helping with the basic legal work related to the establishment, organization, and dissolution of the company and also advising on the duties and responsibilities of the employees
Giving advice on different aspects of administration, rescues and liquidations, enforcement of securities etc
Advising authority on various sale and trade-related issues
A Student with a minimum percentage of marks in any plus two stream are eligible for any law programs
The common course offered at the UG level in law are 5 Year- Integrated bachelor's degree plus LLB. Depending on the stream in plus two you can do a corresponding degree+LLB as a single professional course. Corporate/commercial/Business law specialisation in UG level are available only in very few institutes.
Someone looking to build a career in corporate law can either do an integrated BA/BBA/BCom/Bsc LLB or do a graduation in any degree and go for 3 year LLB. .Graduation in any stream in the minimum requirement for LLB admission
LLM is a one year masters program in law with multiple specialisations.. A candidate who holds an LLB degree is eligible for the same.Various specialisations like Corporate /Business/Commercial law are opted in masters to practice as a corporate lawyer.
Law Graduates can do a PG diploma if he/she wishes to pursue a career in a specific field
Aspirants with an LLM or equivalent degree with minimum marks are eligible for MPhil/Doctor degree in legal studies.
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a corporate lawyer must possess effective analytical and problem solving skills as they are supposed to.analyse the clients requirements and issues thus to effectively address it.
Strong interpersonal communication skills are required for corporate lawyers as they have to interact with people regularly. They should be able to express themselves clearly and they should also build relationships with people within and outside of the organization.
It is necessary for corporate lawyers to be proficient in writing as they need to draft legal documents such as contracts, briefs, and other.
Lawyers need to be creative when it comes to solving the problems. Relying on the methods and techniques that they have used in the past in order to solve issues would not be effective at many times. Also they need to be creative in meeting company's legal and business needs.
Corporate lawyers must also be a skilled negotiator by constantly being in the position of talking with all the parties to a transaction.
organizational skills are critical to corporate lawyers. Because they often work on detailed transactions which might involve numerous parties thus they need to be highly organized and they need to make sure their clients are organized.
corporate attorneys need to be must be comfortable both working in a team setting and working with non-lawyers.
Law firms
Company Law Consultancy
MNCs
Legal Process Outsourcing
Research
Education and training
Accounting Firms
Public or private Companies
Investment Banking
Pearson
Adams and martin group
DLA piper
Elevate services
Search Synergy
Suraksha diagnostic
GEICO
State farm
Milshar LLC
