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Legal & Compliance CV writing
Legal recruiters look for admission, practice area and the quality of your matters. We write CVs that present them clearly and professionally.
In short
A legal CV shows admission and jurisdiction, practice areas, and representative matters or deals with value and your role, alongside any regulatory, risk or compliance outcomes. Compliance CVs should show the regulations covered and the programmes you built or improved.
What hiring managers look for
- Admission, jurisdiction and year of qualification
- Practice areas and sectors
- Representative matters with value and role
- Regulatory knowledge and compliance outcomes
Numbers that belong on a legal CV
Illustrative examples of the kind of evidence we help clients surface.
- Advised on 12 M&A transactions worth a combined $900m
- Built an AML programme across 4 jurisdictions
- Cut contract turnaround from 10 to 4 days
- Managed external counsel spend of £2m
Common mistakes we fix
- Matter lists with no role or value
- Confidential client names without permission
- Dense legal prose
Keywords recruiters search for
FAQ
Legal & Compliance CVs
Only if the matter is public and you're permitted to. Otherwise describe the client by sector and size.
Transactional lawyers often use one. We can format your representative matters as a separate page on request.
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