Are you looking for a (deep breath now) senior vice president, general counsel, head of M&A and corporate secretary? How about an executive vice president, chief legal officer and general counsel? Sometimes it’s hard to decide what’s longer: the search for the perfect candidate or the long-winded title.

It seems as though in-house counsel, particularly those toward the top of the food chain, possess titles that wouldn’t fit on most business cards. But while it might be tempting to assume that using all of these names for one lawyer is redundant or silly, experts say that there is a method behind the naming madness.

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