27 Oct
Thomson Reuters
London
Job description
Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law Corporate
We are seeking an experienced corporate lawyer to join the Practical Law Corporate team in the UK.
Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence.
Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters, one of the world’s most trusted providers of answers across law, tax, compliance, government and media.
About the role
As a Senior Specialist Legal Editor in Practical Law,
you will use your specialist legal knowledge of advising on corporate law matters to provide and maintain a wide range of Practical Law content.
Working in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting legal and editorial work including :
- Analysing the latest corporate law, regulatory and policy developments, deciding which items to cover and to what extent
- Creating new and maintaining existing materials spanning a variety of formats including standalone and comparative resources
- Commissioning, reviewing and editing content written internally and externally
- Meeting with external customers and industry experts to maintain and build understanding of the latest trends and pressures in corporate law and practice
- Assist with marketing the Practical Law Corporate practice area and engaging with customers
- The wider Thomson Reuters editorial teams, liaising with sales, marketing, product management, technology and segment functions where necessary
About you
The successful candidate is likely to have :
- Substantial post qualification experience (England & Wales)
as a corporate lawyer in either a law firm or in-house
- A demonstrable interest and ability in writing
- In-depth understanding of corporate law and extensive experience in advising on corporate matters
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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through :
Hybrid Work Model : We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
- Wellbeing : Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance : flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off;
- work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription;
retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture : Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Learning & Development : LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company;
Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
Social Impact : Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
Purpose Driven Work : We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency.
Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future?
At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years.
Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services Reuters.
We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most : advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion.
At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them.
Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
Accessibility
As a global business,
we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex / gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.
Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
▶️ Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law Corporate
🖊️ Thomson Reuters
📍 London