Match English words and word combinations from the advertisement with their Russian equivalents

Read the text and answer the questions.

 

APPLICATION FOR THE IN-HOUSE LAWYER POSITION

 

The job for an in-house lawyer is to apply his or her legal knowledge and skills to help a company succeed, while identifying and protecting the company against risks. The size and nature of the company will typically dictate the specific role of the in-house lawyer. In smaller organizations, in-house lawyers usually have a general role and are responsible for overseeing all of the company’s legal relationships, including relationships with other companies, government agencies, and investors, as well as internally with employees, management, and directors. In larger organizations, in-house lawyers usually have a specific role, handling the company’s needs in a discrete area of the law.

As compared to law firm lawyers, company lawyers learn more directly and acutely about the interplay of business and law—how business affects legal decision-making and how law has an impact on business affairs. In-house lawyers may also spend less time researching and writing about the law, in favour of making judgments about different facts that may have an impact on the business. Finally, in-house lawyers are responsible to one client—the company—as opposed to law firm lawyers, who serve many different clients.

Answer the questions:

 

1. What does the role of the in-house lawyer depend on?

2. What is the role of the in-house lawyer in small organizations?

3. What is the role of the in-house lawyer in large organizations?

4. What is the difference between in-house lawyers and law firm lawyers?

 

Match the words with their definitions.

 

1. an in-house lawyer.	a. the directors and managers who have the power and responsibility to make decisions and oversee an enterprise
2.a company	b. a person or group that uses the professional ad-vice or services of a
3. management	lawyer, accountant, advertising agency, architect, etc.
4. business	c. an individual who works part-time or full-time under a contract of employment, whether oral or written, express or implied, and has recognized rights and duties.
5. a client	d. the person holding the position typically reports directly to the CEO, and their duties involve over-seeing and identifying the legal issues in all departments and their interrelation, including engineering, design, marketing, sales, distribution, credit, finance, human resources, production, as well as corporate governance and business policy
6. an employee	e. a person who manages an organized group of people or a part of an organization
7. a director	f. business made up of lawyers who work together under a specific firm name g. a legal entity, allowed by legislation, which permits a group of people, as shareholders, to apply to the government for an independent organization to be created, which can then focus on pursuing set objectives, and empowered with legal rights which are usually only reserved for individuals, such as to sue and be sued, own property, hire employees or loan and borrow money.
8. a law firm	h. an organization or economic system where goods and services are exchanged for one another

 

3. Based on the definitions make up short stories on each of the terms given in the table above according to the model:

MODEL: In-house lawyer is a corporate employee of the company. He or she has only one client of the company who employed him or her. He reports to CEO. He is a member of the team and can have different roles in an organization, depending on the circumstances /for example, legal advisor, business support, and company secretarial. One of the biggest challenges in the practice of an in-house lawyer is dealing with non-lawyers.

Look through the job advertisement and answer the questions.

1 What position is open?

2 Who published the advertisement?

3 What industry does the company operate in?

4 What areas of practice in law are preferable for an in-house counsel role.

5 What are the duties of the in-house counsel?

6 What requirements should an applicant meet?

Commercial / Corporate Lawyer – IN-HOUSE LAWYER

•Leading Company

•Excellent team environment

XYZ has had substantial success recruiting for this leading company over the

past few years. We have a new role for a 3-6 year lawyer to join the friendly and dynamic team.

Our client is one of the US largest private companies with offices in cities around the USA. The company operates in the commercial, mining, construction, and infrastructure spaces. This is a diverse, interesting and challenging in-house legal role.

With a positive outlook, this role will appeal to a capable corporate or commercial lawyer looking for an in-house counsel role in which they can enjoy assisting with the development and management of legal functions and commercial contracts.

This role is broad and will provide substantial responsibility and opportunity.

The business requires substantial legal/advice work and this role will involve ongoing work on complex commercial contracts and agreements. You will also be involved in managing relationships with stakeholders and suppliers. There will also be the opportunity to do some employment law and occupational health and safety work.

You will enjoy applying your commercial acumen as well as your technical skills in this legal role. With the chance to work on complex and significant contracts and projects, and with excellent support systems on offer, this is a rare opportunity in the US market. You will possess about 3+ years (and up to about 6 years) experience working in the commercial legal field, either in-house or for a strong boutique, mid-large or national/international law firm.

 

Match English words and word combinations from the advertisement with their Russian equivalents.

1 complex and significant contracts         a. опытработы

2 support systems on offer                        b. акционеры

3 experience                                              c. трудовое право

4 commercialacumen                                d. контракты на крупные и сложные сделки

5 technicalskills                                         e. деловая жилка (предприимчивость)

6 commerciallawyer                               f. техническое мастерство

7 stakeholders                                           g. юрист, специализирующийся в области коммерческого права

8 employmentlaw                                 h. системы поддержки коммерческого предложения