The main differences between an enterprise legal adviser and a social lawyer (employed by an enterprise as a legal adviser) are as follows: (1) From the perspective of identity, an enterprise legal adviser is an employee within an enterprise, who works in the enterprise and is bound by the enterprise management system; Lawyers are freelancers, bound by the Lawyers Law, and work in law firms as social intermediary organizations. No matter how many companies they serve as perennial legal advisers, their status has not changed. (2) According to the nature of work, the enterprise legal adviser is a manager specializing in legal affairs within the enterprise; Lawyers are practitioners who specialize in providing legal services to the society. (3) From the perspective of knowledge, enterprise legal counsel focuses on the relevant contents of enterprise management in legal knowledge, and at the same time, he should master the knowledge of enterprise management; Lawyers, on the other hand, mainly focus on their own legal knowledge according to their different businesses. (4) From the working principle, the enterprise legal adviser participates in the enterprise management in an all-round way and in the whole process, focusing on prevention in advance; According to the entrustment of enterprises, lawyers provide legal advice and services according to topics, mainly after the event.