What C-level Legal Jobs Ask For

Across 612 open C-level Legal postings that list skills, the ones mentioned most often are regulatory-compliance, risk-assessment, ai.

Updated November 3, 2026

945 open C-level Legal postings. The percentages below are measured over the 612 of them that list skills at all.

Skill	Mentioned in
regulatory-compliance	40%
risk-assessment	30%
ai	23%
stakeholder-management	15%
corrective-action	14%
cybersecurity	11%
legal-research	10%
fintech	9%
hipaa	8%
gdpr	7%
business-development	7%
analytics	6%
automation	6%
blockchain	6%
cloud	5%
succession-planning	5%
performance-management	5%
contract-drafting	4%
data-governance	4%
strategic-planning	4%
machine-learning	3%
employee-relations	3%
agile	3%
ccpa	3%
saas	3%
process-improvement	2%
contract-negotiation	2%
contract-lifecycle-management	2%
cryptocurrency	2%
data-analytics	2%
iso-27001	2%
program-management	2%
iso-13485	2%
root-cause-analysis	2%
sharepoint	2%
llm	2%
networking	2%
cissp	2%
rails	2%
accessibility	1%

"Mentioned in" counts postings that name the skill anywhere — including as a nice-to-have — so treat it as the ceiling, not the bar.

Across all Legal levels

Most Legal postings never state a level. This wider list covers them too.