Snr Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law (ME) Litigation

Snr Specialist Legal Editor, Practical Law (ME) Litigation

Are you a lawyer looking for a career change? We are seeking an experienced litigation lawyer to join the Practical Law Middle East team based in the United Arab Emirates.

Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness, and standard documents 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.

As part of our continued development of Practical Law and Middle East market growth, we are planning to expand our Middle East content. We are therefore looking to recruit legal professionals with extensive litigation experience in the UAE. As part of the role, the Senior Specialist Legal Editors will help to define the jurisdiction’s content strategy and be responsible for drafting high-quality content, which meets our customers’ needs.

About the Role
As a Senior Specialist Legal Editor you will use your knowledge of litigation law and practice in the Middle East to provide and maintain a wide range of Practical Law content. Working with a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting legal and editorial work including:

• Creating well-written, up-to-date content for online publication that reflects current law and market practice and is of the quality and scope to meet business objectives and customer needs.
• Commissioning, reviewing, and editing content written internally and externally.
• 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 customer needs.
• Developing relationships with third parties with a view to obtaining contributions of content or improving content through third party insights into law or practice.

In addition to this, the Senior Specialist Legal Editor will:

• Assist with developing and marketing Practical Law Middle East and Practical Law Global.
• Support marketing and sales and all other parts of the business to ensure delivery of business objectives, including engaging with customers.

About You
You’re a fit for the role of Specialist Senior Legal Editor if your background includes:

• At least five years’ post-qualification experience in litigation legal practice (at a law firm or in-house).
• Substantial recent experience in litigation legal practice (at a law firm or in-house) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
• A demonstrable interest and ability in writing with excellent attention to detail.
• An in-depth understanding of litigation law.
• Business level written English (essential).
• Business level written Arabic (preferred).

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:

• Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role).
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity, and inclusion.
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace.
• Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually.
• Purpose Driven Work: We help our customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.