Senior Legal Editor
We are seeking a commercial law practitioner (e.g., solicitor, barrister, legal executive) to join the Practical Law Commercial team in the UK.
Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, including practice notes, standard documents and current awareness, 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 editor in Practical Law Commercial, you will use your specialist legal knowledge of commercial contracts 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 legal, regulatory and policy developments, deciding which items to cover and to what extent
Creating new and maintaining existing materials spanning a variety of formats
Commissioning, reviewing and editing content written internally and externally
Answering legal questions submitted by subscribers daily through the Ask service
Meeting with external customers and industry experts to maintain and build understanding of the latest trends and pressures commercial law and practice
In addition to this, a Senior Editor will assist:
With marketing the Practical Law Commercial practice area and engaging with subscribers
The wider Thomson Reuters team (including Sweet & Maxwell, Lawtel and Westlaw), liaising with sales, marketing product management, technology and segment functions where necessary
The successful candidate is likely to have:
Substantial post qualification experience (England & Wales) in either a law firm, in-house or at the bar
A demonstrable interest and ability in writing
In-depth understanding of contract law
Knowledge of some, not necessarily all, of the following areas: supply of goods/services, distribution, outsourcing, agency, consumer, franchising and advertising/marketing