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Discover how well your profile matches a role as Legal Counsel. Get insight into which skills you already have, which you can still develop and which courses or learning paths fit your next step.
Legal Counsel in short
Legal Counsel is a function within Legal, part of the branch Legal services. Every figure on this page comes from our own market data for this function.
- Domain
- Legal
- Branch
- Legal services
- Open job opportunities
- 0
- Measured skills
- 6 · Measured for this function
- Typical experience
- 3-6 years
- Salary source
- National benchmark, 10.326 observations
Salary & employment conditions
gross per month · National benchmark, 10.326 observations
Employment conditions
Benchmarked in the job opportunities for this function.
- Laptop van de zaak
- 27% of job opportunities
- Telefoon van de zaak
- 18% of job opportunities
- Vakantiedagen
- 25 days
- Reiskostenvergoeding
- 27% of job opportunities
- Thuiswerken / hybride
- 55% of job opportunities
- Pensioenregeling
- 55% of job opportunities
Day-to-day work
Taken from the descriptions employers published on their own job opportunities.
Employers have not described the tasks for this function yet.
Skills
Benchmark score per skill for this function, on a scale of 0 to 100.
Next functions
The share of professionals that made this step, and how long it took them.
Frequently asked questions about Legal Counsel
What does a Legal Counsel earn?
A Legal Counsel earns between € 4.330 and € 5.855 gross per month in our market data, with € 5.090 as the typical medior salary. Where you land inside that range depends on your years of experience, your region and the size of your employer.
Can you become a Legal Counsel without experience?
Starting without experience is possible, but it depends on the level. Our data puts the entry salary around € 4.330 gross per month, and a junior is expected to bring Contractenrecht / contracten opstellen, Juridisch advies, Ondernemingsrecht at a basic level plus the drive to grow quickly.
Which skills do you need as a Legal Counsel?
Employers hiring a Legal Counsel ask most often for Contractenrecht / contracten opstellen, Juridisch advies, Ondernemingsrecht. Our benchmark scores those skills highest for this role, so start there. Soft skills such as communication and collaboration decide the rest: they separate two candidates with the same technical profile.
Which education fits a Legal Counsel?
Employers mention WO Rechtsgeleerdheid (master), WO Rechten most often in their Legal Counsel job opportunities, and 90% of those openings names the first one. A diploma is rarely the only route though: demonstrable projects, a targeted certificate and experience from a neighbouring role count just as heavily.
What is the next step after Legal Counsel?
Professionals in our data move on from Legal Counsel to Senior Legal Counsel, Head of Legal / General Counsel. That step usually takes 3-5 years, and the salary room above the median for this role runs to 15%, so growing inside the function itself pays off as well.
Is there much demand for a Legal Counsel?
There is no open job opportunity for this role at the moment. That says little about the labour market as a whole: vacancies for this function appear irregularly and are often filled quickly. Create a profile and we notify you as soon as one is published.
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