Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law Asia, Commercial
Practical Law is planning to substantially expand its Asia content set this year and has already grown the Asia editorial team with several new hires. Our in-house Senior Specialist Legal Editors write and curate new content for Practical Law’s Asia expansion , initially with a focus across a number of practice areas, including Corporate, Commercial, Dispute Resolution, DP/cybersecurity, and Finance law, and also pervasive topics such as document execution and powers of attorney.
If you're looking to transition from legal practice and have a passion for legal content creation, consider joining us as a Senior Specialist Legal Editor! In addition to enjoying a better work-life balance, our Practical Law team members gain valuable regional expertise in their practice areas, all while leveraging their legal experience to create content that directly benefits our customers.
Practical Law, a service provided by Thomson Reuters, is an online resource that offers trusted, up-to-date legal information and practical guidance for legal professionals. It provides a wide range of tools, templates, checklists, and expert analysis to help lawyers efficiently manage their day-to-day work.
Practical Law aims to save lawyers time by delivering reliable, ready-to-use resources that simplify legal research and document drafting. It ensures that legal professionals have access to high-quality, practical insights and tools that are critical for staying ahead in a fast-paced and ever-changing legal environment. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and supports both experienced practitioners and those who are newer to the field by helping them navigate complex legal matters more efficiently.
About the Role
Working with your Director, as a Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law Asia, Commercial you are responsible for the following:
- Researching, writing, commissioning and delivering well-written, up-to-date content for online publication that reflects current market legal practice and is of the quality and scope that meets the business objectives and needs of customers.
- Maintaining all content for which you are responsible to ensure it is up-to-date and continues to be of the quality and scope that meets business objectives and needs of customers.
- Developing relationships with third parties with a view to obtaining contributions of content or improving content through third party insights into law or practice.
- Ensuring that you develop and maintain an excellent understanding of the legal market, our customers and their emerging needs, and competitors. This includes interacting effectively with customers, consultation boards and contributors, and working with all parts of the business to deliver insight into business strategies, other products, sales, marketing, and technology development.
- Attending training events, conferences and talks and otherwise networking with customers and potential customers and with industry leaders.
- Helping with the development of Practical Law Asia and, more generally with the development of Practical Law.
- Supporting marketing and sales and all other parts of the business to ensure delivery of business objectives.
- Supporting and mentoring colleagues in relation to writing and maintaining content and answering questions from customers, including through subediting and peer review.
About You
As a Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law Asia, Commercial, you should possess the following:
- Must be qualified to practise law in Singapore.
- Substantial post-qualification experience in Singapore as a commercial lawyer (preferably at a law firm).
- Recent substantial experience (preferably at a law firm) in advising on commercial matters in Singapore and drafting commercial contracts, with in-depth understanding of contract law, and knowledge of some, not necessarily all of the following commercial law areas: supply of goods/services, agency, distribution, franchising and outsourcing.
- Excellent writing skills in English.
- A passion for writing and outstanding editorial skills, including, very close attention to detail, impressive command of grammar, punctuation, and plain English, and the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Able to work independently and as part of a team.
- Experienced at working to deadlines and able to prioritise and manage own workload.
- Experienced in assimilating and applying new complex information.
- 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.
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What’s in it For You?
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Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
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Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. 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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