Corporate lawyers mainly serve specific companies or enterprises, providing them with internal legal advice and legal services; Practicing lawyers, on the other hand, face the public and provide a wider range of legal services.
I. Nature of work
Company lawyers mainly undertake legal affairs within the company, including contract review, risk management and legal training. They need a deep understanding of the company's business model and operation in order to better provide legal support and advice to the company. On the other hand, practicing lawyers pay more attention to providing legal services to the outside world, including litigation, legal consultation and contract drafting. And their scope of work is relatively wider.
Second, the service object
The client of a company lawyer is mainly the company or enterprise where he works. They need to solve the legal problems in the daily operation of the company and ensure the legal and compliant operation of the company. The clients of practicing lawyers are more diversified, including individuals, enterprises and government agencies. They need to provide personalized legal services for different clients.
Third, legal responsibility.
As a company lawyer, when providing legal services to the company, he needs to follow the internal regulations and decisions of the company, and his legal responsibility is usually limited to the company. However, practicing lawyers need to bear legal responsibilities independently when providing legal services to clients, and their professional behavior is strictly regulated by law.
In addition, there are some differences between corporate lawyers and practicing lawyers in terms of qualification certification and career development. Company lawyers usually need to have a legal background and undergo internal selection and training; A practicing lawyer needs to pass the judicial examination and obtain a lawyer qualification certificate before he can engage in legal services.
To sum up:
There are significant differences between corporate lawyers and practicing lawyers in the nature of work, clients and legal responsibilities. Company lawyers mainly serve the company and provide legal support and advice; On the other hand, practicing lawyers provide a wide range of legal services to the public. These differences make them focus on the legal service market, and * * * has become a diversified legal service system.
Legal basis:
People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 2 provides that:
The term "lawyer" as mentioned in this Law refers to a practitioner who has obtained a lawyer's practice certificate according to law, accepted entrustment or assignment, and provided legal services to clients.
Article 25 provides that:
When a lawyer undertakes business, the law firm shall accept the entrustment uniformly, sign a written entrustment contract with the client, collect fees uniformly according to the provisions of the state and record them truthfully. Law firms and lawyers shall pay taxes according to law.
Company Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 15 1 stipulates:
The company shall employ a compliant secretary or other senior management personnel for the convening of the shareholders' meeting and the board of supervisors, be responsible for the organization and recording of the meeting, and keep the meeting documents and records. The minutes of the meeting shall be true, accurate and complete.