Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Antitrust

Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Antitrust

Role Summary:

Practical Law US is looking for a Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Antitrust who has a passion for research and writing on legal topics to create attorney-specific resources for our Antitrust Service. We are looking for someone with six or more years of practice experience in antitrust litigation and counseling.

We work collaboratively on resources and interesting projects that integrate with Thomson Reuters' other offerings, particularly in the legal technology space. Our hours are regular, and vacations never interrupted. This role can be located out of a home office anywhere in the United States if the candidate does not live near a Thomson Reuters office.

About the Role

In the Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Antitrust role, you will:

• Write, edit, and update Practical Law know-how and current awareness resources (including practice guidance notes, standard documents, checklists and legal updates), primarily in the areas of antitrust litigation, counseling, and compliance.
• Maintain and develop expertise on a broad range of antitrust topics and ensure that Practical Law resources reflect the latest legal and practice developments.
• Help set the strategic direction and drive the content plan for Practical Law Antitrust resources to meet the practice needs of lawyers working at law firms and in-house.
• Develop or maintain relationships with lawyers and industry groups to ensure that the content is topical and meets their needs.
• Collaborate with other Practical Law Antitrust editors (in the US, UK, Canada and Australia) and other Practical Law services on content planning and priorities, resource production, and peer review.
• Collaborate on special projects to provide antitrust subject-matter expertise across Thomson Reuters for product development and innovation.
• Develop expertise in content and technology tools used to create and publish resources.

About You

You’re a fit for the role of Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Antitrust if you have the following skills and experience:

• A J.D. and current license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.
• At least six years’ experience working as an antitrust lawyer at a law firm, as in-house counsel, or in government.
• Significant expertise and practice experience in one of the following areas:
  • Antitrust litigation.
  • Antitrust government enforcement.
  • Antitrust compliance and counseling.
• A strong understanding of the needs and priorities of both law firm attorneys and in-house counsel.
• The ability to understand and draw practical insights from legal and practice trends.
• Enthusiasm and a desire to improve the efficiency of legal services.
• A passion for writing and excellent editing skills, including:
  • close attention to detail;
  • excellent command of grammar, punctuation, and plain English;
  • strong technical drafting skills; and
  • the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.
• Ability to self-motivate with excellent management and organizational skills.
• A collaborative and positive attitude, with the ability to foster relationships and support team members in a remote working environment.

Experience with merger review or cross-border antitrust issues is a plus.

Candidates selected for a second interview will be asked to take a writing test.

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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:

• 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 Thousa