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A corporate lawyer is a professional specializing in several aspects of business law. He or she offers his or her services during business transactions. He advises businesses on contracts, securities, code compliance, bankruptcy law, intellectual property, negotiations, and financial reporting.

There are two major roles of a corporate lawyer. He or she can either act as an adviser to the CEO of a company; or he or she can represent the client in court. The job of a corporate lawyer is to study contracts, draft contracts, facilitate business transactions, and handle human resource problems when they reach the court.

Corporate lawyers do not spend most of their time rubbing elbows with the elites, as most television programs show. In fact, a vast amount of their time goes studying the law and making drafts. Their job involves plenty of hard work.

Traits of a corporate lawyer

●	Collaborative - Corporate lawyers are collaborative. They work with lawyers from other companies, they broker deals, and they make sure that everyone complies with the law. ●	Service oriented - Corporate lawyers are service oriented. ●	Communication - Excellent language skills are attributes of successful corporate lawyers. They have exceptional written and oral language skills.