Legal advisor
(law firm)

Specializing in a field and providing clients with the legal assistance they need is at the heart of the job. You will utilize your legal and business knowledge to analyze complex information and present your findings and recommendations to the client.

In many firms you will be offered an education next to your work specifically for commercial law graduates employed in a law practice.

What does a Legal advisor do?

• Interaction with clients
  
  
• Collect and analyze information
  
  
• Prepare contracts and legal agreements
  
  
• Manage processes between parties (e.g. two parties negotiating a merger)
  
  
• Economic and legal analysis

Example of work as a Legal advisor

A professional housebuilder is working on the business case for their next huge building project.

To get a complete overview of potential earnings and expenses they need to be updated on relevant regulation.

They contact a law practice.

An legal advisor is assigned to their case. After an initial meeting to learn their needs, she decides which regulations will have the largest impact on their project.

At a second meeting she presents the relevant laws regarding real estate transactions, finance and property development.

She highlights potential issues and opportunities for their building plan.

In the end she makes a recommendation regarding financing, but also on the possibility of selling the homes before they are built.