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Senior Legal Editor, Corporate Law and Practice
Location
Germany
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1 day ago
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0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior Legal Editor, Corporate Law and Practice
Thomson Reuters
• Researching, writing and maintaining clear, current, and practical legal content aligned with market practice and customer needs, and business objectives. • Reviewing and editing content written by others, whether by colleagues or external expert contributors. • Keeping up to date with legal, practice and market developments to ensure content remains accurate, relevant and aligned with business objectives. • Using your legal expertise to support the development of customer-focused Thomson Reuters' AI-powered legal solutions. • Using your legal expertise and editorial skills to support the development and application of internal AI editorial tools. • Ensuring that you develop and maintain an excellent understanding of the legal market, our customers and their emerging needs, and competitors.
Job Requirements
- At least 5 years' post-qualification experience working as a corporate lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) in a law firm or in-house in Germany.
- Substantial experience of German corporate law including private mergers & acquisitions and corporate governance.
- Excellent writing and communication skills in English, and a passion for writing about legal practice accurately, concisely and in plain English.
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to work effectively independently and in teams.
- Strong technical skills and the ability to effectively utilize various tools, including generative AI technologies, to enhance productivity and accuracy.
- Adaptability and flexibility to work on diverse projects and tasks within the generative AI space as well as new and emerging technologies.
- A curious mindset, including about the increasing intersection of AI and legal practice, adaptable and open to change.
- Experience of using AI tools in legal work.
- Excellent knowledge of online research databases.
- Comfortable working with ambiguity and in a matrixed environment and proven ability to build strong relationships and collaborate with diverse teams of people who bring different perspectives and lived experiences to the business.
Benefits
- Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset.
- Flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
- Comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
- We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
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