General Counsel Resume

Two-page General Counsel resume template with a filled legal sample and a keyword bank — ATS-safe, US Letter, editable in Word or Google Docs. In-house legal leadership is screened on commercial impact: the deals you carried, the exposure you contained and the spend you managed. This template puts those ahead of a practice-area list, with a full two-page General Counsel sample and a keyword bank covering the governance and compliance vocabulary legal recruiters search. WHAT YOU GET (instant download) • Executive-ATS-Resume-Template.docx — the two-page template, editable in Word or Google Docs • Legal-Resume-Sample.pdf — a filled two-page General Counsel sample, text-based and safe to upload • keywords-legal.html — 20 keywords, 8 bullet templates and 3 industry notes, print-ready • Executive-Cover-Letter-Template.docx + Executive-Thank-You-Template.docx — the matching letter set • How-to-Use-Instructions.docx + .pdf — the two-page rule, export steps and the pre-submit ATS checklist • Editable HTML version — click any text in your browser and print straight to PDF WHY THIS ONE • Written around what General Counsel roles are actually screened for: M&A and commercial contracting, corporate governance and board advisory, litigation and risk management, outside-counsel spend management, privacy and regulatory compliance (GDPR, CCPA) • The sample uses a scope-then-achievement bullet formula you can copy directly — company size, budget and ownership first, then the measurable result • One default accent colour matched to the industry, with 8 presets to switch • Same ATS-safe base as the general executive template; only the sample and the keyword bank are industry-specific • Built on a strict ATS-safe structure: one column, no tables, no text boxes, no images in the body, standard section names. It parses cleanly into Workday, Greenhouse, Lever, Taleo and iCIMS. The included sample follows a General Counsel at a $1.2B-revenue company through a $300M acquisition and a $3.5M reduction in outside legal spend. PERFECT FOR General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Deputy GC, VP Legal, Associate General Counsel and Head of Compliance roles at U.S. employers. Digital download only — nothing is shipped. For personal job applications; resale or redistribution of the files is not permitted. Because this is a digital product, delivery is instant — and if it is not what you expected, ask within 7 days and we will refund you in full.