Reporter (Legal Business)

LegalBusiness is a marketing-leading provided of news and content within the legal world across the world's key financial centres. Powered by Legal500, Legal Business combines top-class journalism alongside global law firm and client data from Legal500 means, which means we provide highly-respected insight across the legal lanscape.

Job Purpose

The job of a reporter on the Legal Business team involves writing about law firms, in-house lawyers and other subjects of relevance to the legal profession. This contribution plays a crucial role in helping to meet L500 corporate ambitions of boosting relations with the leading UK and global law firms as well as the biggest in-house legal teams via insightful market commentary and access to industry leaders.

Reporters cover a specific group of law firms and industry sectors and are expected to build relationships with law firm management, partners and PRs at those firms to build up an understanding of their business.

Reporters will also represent the company at internal and external events, including the Legal Business awards, considered the 'Oscars' of the legal business world!

Core Responsibilities

Writing daily/weekly editorial content on law firms – news, features, analysis and interviews
Coming up with ideas for and getting involved in video content
Coming up with regular news leads and other ideas for content on a weekly basis
Talking to lawyers and other professionals to build up an understanding of the legal market
Involvement in company events – interacting with panellists and helping with event organisation
Online production – uploading and publishing content to weekly deadlines

What We're Looking For

Strong communication and networking skills, particularly in the senior lawyer/partner space
A natural desire to break stories ahead of our competition
Strong writing skills with an eye on deadlines
Ability and desire to speak to partners on a daily basis about a range of topics, even those that are sensitive
Curiosity and an interest in the commercial legal market and the business world
A collaborator and a team player
Reporters need to gain a good understanding of what makes news and is interesting to our readers
Interest in business news in general and the legal market specifically and ability to build understanding

Working Arrangements

Hybrid - 3 days a week in the office on Fleet Street

Interview process

First stage - call with internal recruiter at Legal 500
Second stage - written task (virtual)
Third stage - face-to-face interview with Editorial Director