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Is anybody else super swamped right now??
Focus on the “in house” aspects of it all: show that your strengths are consensus-building, getting internal buy-in, providing concise responses and taking actual decisions (at the cost of detail/“showing your working” information that PP would usually provide) and you’re more than halfway there; your legal expertise (assuming that there are no major holes) will be largely taken as read.
Talk about partnering with the business team. Really.
You may find it helpful to check out some of Kay Thrice’s (pseudonym) pieces on Above the Law. They illustrate the challenges of dealing with business clients. I’ve worked in legal for two different international orgs (non-profit and corporation) and the attorneys I worked with would have agreed with her takes.
Example: https://abovethelaw.com/2020/01/the-gotcha-moment-theyve-all-been-waiting-for/