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Creating and updating your Obelisk CV

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New Consultants

To join our consultant network, please submit your CV to [email protected]. Your CV should include:

  • Detailed work experience (list each position separately, even within the same organisation)
  • University qualifications
  • Relevant legal qualifications
  • Jurisdictions where you’re admitted to practice

We’ll use this information to create your Obelisk CV, which we’ll share with clients when proposing you for roles.

Existing Consultants

If we need an updated CV or you wish to provide one, please send it to [email protected]. Include:

  • Updated work experience (list each position separately)
  • University qualifications
  • Current legal qualifications
  • Jurisdictions where you’re admitted to practice

This allows us to keep your Obelisk CV current.

CV Formatting Tips

  • List each position as a separate entry in your work experience
  • Submit your CV as a Word document, not a PDF
  • Use simple fonts and layouts
  • Include career breaks as positions
  • Incorporate relevant keywords for your practice area

Practice Area Keywords

To optimise your CV, consider including these keywords based on your specialisation:

Banking & Finance – Debt/Capital Markets

  • Debt transactions management
  • LMA-based facility agreements
  • Debt restructuring
  • Loan workouts
  • Financial instruments (loans, bonds, credit derivatives)

Banking & Finance – General:

  • Prudential requirements advising
  • EU law changes
  • Brexit-related financial services regulation

Banking & Finance – Payments:

  • Payment processing
  • AML Directive 5
  • FCA reporting requirements
  • Open Banking (PISP/AISP)
  • E-money regulations

Commercial:

  • Contract drafting and negotiation
  • Template development
  • Deal closure
  • External counsel coordination
  • Legal technology proficiency

Company Secretarial:

  • Audit checks
  • Blueprint software
  • Companies House reporting
  • Organisation chart management

Competition:

  • Merger control
  • Market studies/investigations
  • UK/EU/International competition law
  • Antitrust litigation
  • Competition law training

Construction:

  • FIDIC, NEC, and JCT contracts
  • Bespoke construction documentation
  • Professional services contracts

Data Privacy:

  • Global privacy compliance
  • GDPR expertise
  • DPO experience
  • CCPA/CPRA knowledge
  • Data privacy operationalisation
  • Consumer data lifecycle understanding
  • Data privacy software proficiency

Employment:

  • Case management
  • HR best practices
  • ACAS Early Conciliation
  • Disclosure exercises
  • External counsel management
  • Employment tribunal experience

By following these guidelines, you’ll help us create a comprehensive and effective CV to present to our clients.

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