Which course should I pursue to become a legal advisor in a company?

In most cases, the legal head or General counsel of a company would be someone having few years of experience of practicing law (especially those working in a corporate law firm). However, there are legal heads who are not lawyers but are CAs or CSs. In many companies, legal and compliance are one unit which sometimes allows exceptional candidates who are CS/CA to get promoted or appointed as a legal head. As most companies, would appoint external legal counsels or law firms to provide legal opinion, a CS/CA who has strong knowledge of corporate law and compliance can be a legal head provided he also understands and can take strategic decisions on litigation. I doubt if any company would officially appoint someone as a legal advisor who have not done law, CS, or CA.

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