---
esco_uri: http://data.europa.eu/esco/skill/075c68d7-efe4-4466-be4a-9acc726504df
esco_label: "mergers and acquisitions"
relation: optional
onet_soc: 23-1011.00
source: model-knowledge
confidence: high
qa_count: 0
generator: gemma3:27b (prompt-designed and spot-checked by Claude)
generated: 2026-07-10
---

# mergers and acquisitions — Legal Counsel

As Legal Counsel involved in M&A, your work isn't *doing* the deal (that’s bankers & business teams) – it’s ensuring legal compliance and mitigating risk throughout the entire process. Daily tasks center around due diligence: reviewing target company contracts (material agreements!), assessing potential liabilities (litigation, environmental issues, regulatory hurdles), and flagging red flags to the deal team. You'll draft, negotiate, and finalize key documents like confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, purchase agreements, and ancillary transaction documents. Expect heavy use of data rooms (virtual or physical) for document management, legal research databases (Westlaw/LexisNexis), and increasingly, AI-powered contract analysis tools to speed up review.

## Weitere Anreicherung

Stage-2 source for future practitioner grounding: CORE / DOAB (open-access law monographs).
