Trainee Reporter

Law Business Research (LBR) is offering aspiring young journalists the opportunity to join our newsroom.

LBR is a technology-enabled information services business powering the global legal industry. We deliver must-have intelligence to our clients when they need it, through a combination of time-sensitive insight, proprietary data and analytics, expert research, and sophisticated tools, across a range of specialist platforms.

We are looking for a Trainee Reporter to join Latin Lawyer and LACCA (LL) in our London office, with an opportunity to move to another one of our specialist platforms after a year.

Latin Lawyer is the definitive source of news, analysis, and research for the Latin American legal community.

You will be expected to write hard news, make your own contacts and generate long-form features. You will also be expected to contribute to larger projects from time to time – but your main priority will be to create agenda-setting content and be a valuable member of the LBR newsroom.

We do not expect you to have any prior legal knowledge, or any familiarity with the areas we cover – which include international white-collar crime, competition law, intellectual property, distressed finance and more. But we expect you have a nose for a story and an ability to get your head around complex topics. You should also have an international mindset and be ready to learn quickly.

Our reporters are all well-regarded experts who spot opportunities to generate stories from courts, data, policy changes, and relationships with lawyers, policymakers and more. All members of the editorial team have opportunities to travel internationally. Many of our senior team started and trained here, which demonstrates the supportive environment we offer; other colleagues have moved on to jobs at leading newspapers, B2B publishers, and other roles.

Why LBR?

An amazing market position, enviable growth, collaboration and wonderful people are just some of the reasons to further your career with Law Business Research. Our culture is shaped by our core values that promote equality, agility, and respect in everything we do.

Law Business Research has been shortlisted for the 'Best Mental Wellbeing Initiative' in the 2022 Great British Workplace Wellbeing Series. We take mental wellbeing very seriously and we remain committed to creating a positive workplace for all our employees.

We also take our place in this world of ours very seriously and engage in a wide variety of charitable and community based initiatives. We work extensively with Swawou School in Sierra Leone, which we established to provide education for 120 girls, and on an ongoing basis we underwrite the school's costs.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and are committed to ensuring that all candidates are given the same opportunity to succeed regardless of their sex, gender identity/expression or reassignment, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age or disability.

Key Responsibilities

Key responsibilities

Covering news of deals and developments that shape the legal and business landscape in Latin America
Building a network in Latin American legal and business community.
Pitching and writing regular news stories as well as engaging features relevant to the publication
You would also be expected to take on a range of tasks in the newsroom, from high-profile cover stories to nuts-and-bolts fact gathering and research for data-led projects and regular surveys
Work collaboratively as part of a broader Editorial team and with teams across the business

Skills Knowledge And Expertise

Skills, knowledge, and expertise

Minimum of a 2:1 from a leading UK university
Proficiency in Spanish or Portuguese is preferable, but not essential
Demonstrable interest journalism
Excellent communication and strong writing skills
Excellent attention to detail
Willingness to travel
Possessing an international outlook

Benefits

Our people are our most valuable asset, as such, we offer a wide range of benefits to help ensure that all are supported:

Start of employment:

Eye Care
Employee Assistance Programme
A day off for your birthday

After 3 months employment:

Pension (4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution)
Cycle to Work scheme
Season ticket loan
£350 annual wellbeing allowance to contribute to gym membership & fitness classes

After 4 months and 1 year's service:

Life assurance after 4 months
Private healthcare after 1 years' service

Additional Perks:

Company socials e.g., Christmas and Summer parties
Access to Employee Affinity Networks
Mentoring scheme
Volunteering Day
Mortgage Advice