Facet 1 — Taxonomy

Work types

Classify legal work by its purpose, irrespective of area of law, sector or place. Eight categories each with types and topics, covering the full range of what lawyers do.

8 categories 42 types

The eight categories

8 categories
wt-dev Development
Work to create a new physical or intangible asset, or the material amendment, upgrade or disposal of an existing one.
3 types: New development · Modification / expansion · Decommissioning
wt-dis Dispute resolution
Work to resolve a dispute over legal rights, obligations, liabilities or remedies, whether by agreement, adjudication or binding third-party decision.
5 types: Consensual resolution · Litigation · Arbitration · Determinative resolution · Enforcement
wt-enb Enablement
Work to enable someone to achieve personal, business, policy or other goals with reference to a particular legal context.
10 types incl. Delivery · Revenue support · Internal resources · Personnel · Entity management · Authority requests
wt-fin Finance
Work to structure, document and execute financial transactions, instruments and arrangements.
8 types: Debt finance · Equity finance · Derivatives · Securitisation · Project finance · Trade finance · Collective investments · Loan portfolio sales
wt-grc GRC and policy
Work to build, maintain and operate an organisation's governance structures, risk management frameworks and compliance programmes.
4 types: Government affairs · Regulatory affairs · Risk and compliance · Governance
wt-inv Investigative process
Work to establish what has or has not occurred, through fact-finding, formal investigations, official inquiries or enforcement proceedings.
5 types: Incident response · Inquiry (official) · Investigation (internal) · Investigation (official) · Prosecution or enforcement
wt-rst Dissolution and restructuring
Work to wind up or restructure the affairs of an organisation or individual, solvent or insolvent, alive or dead. Includes formal liquidation processes and the administration of deceased estates.
4 types: Reorganisation (solvent) · Turnaround / liquidation · Deceased estates · Separation
wt-trx Transaction
Work to bring about a change in legal status, ownership, rights or obligations.
3 types: M&A · Commercial contracts · Non-commercial transaction
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Full taxonomy of 8 categories, 42 types and numerous topics, including definitions. Apache 2.0 licence.

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