Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Capital Markets & Corporate Governance (Startups)

Thomson Reuters•Washington, DC

2d•$119,700 - $222,300•Remote

About The Position

Practical Law is seeking an experienced capital markets lawyer with significant experience advising startups to join their Capital Markets & Corporate Governance team in the US. Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing expert-created, practical maintained content to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence. Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters. As a Senior Specialist Legal Editor, you will use your specialist legal knowledge and experience in law and practice addressing issues unique to startups to create and maintain a wide range of content and to support the development of Thomson Reuters AI-powered legal solutions. You will work in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues and deal with a breadth of interesting work.

Requirements

JD required.
Minimum of eight (8) years' experience working as a lawyer in a law firm or in-house with a significant amount of experience working with startup companies.
Strong technical skills and the ability to effectively utilize various tools, including generative AI technologies, to enhance productivity and accuracy.
Demonstrated adaptability and flexibility to work on diverse projects and tasks within the generative AI space as well as new and emerging technologies.
Deep curiosity about the increasing intersection of AI and legal practice, with a desire to build legal prompt engineering skills and innovative content development methods that optimize AI responses for specific legal tasks.
Understand current market issues and proposals to enact, amend, or change laws and regulations impacting US startups.
Understand the needs and priorities of law firm attorneys, in-house counsel, and other startups professionals.
Skill and passion for writing and the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and concisely in plain English.
Innovative, agile thinker with excellent time management, organizational skills, and demonstrated project management.
Enthusiasm for working on a dynamic editorial team, comfortable working in an environment of rapid change, and a passion for exploring how AI can revolutionize editorial content creation.

Nice To Haves

Candidates selected for a second interview will be required to submit a writing sample.

Responsibilities

Researching, drafting, and maintaining clear, current, and practical legal know-how content addressing the needs of startup companies for Practical Law and other Thomson Reuters products and initiatives in alignment with market practice, customer needs, and business objectives, using a variety of evolving tools, formats, and content development methods.
Monitoring legal, practice, and market developments impacting startups to ensure personal skills and expertise and that our content remains relevant and accurate.
Using your legal expertise to support the development of customer-focused AI-powered tools, including identifying and implementing methods that address the intersection of content development and AI-driven legal solutions.
Partnering with Product Management to innovate on tech development, product enhancements, and the integration of AI into TR's offerings.
Using your legal expertise and writing skills to support the development and application of internal AI editorial tools.
Establishing and maintaining relationships with external law firm contributors and industry groups to ensure content reflects market practice and meets customer needs.
Supporting sales, marketing, and other parts of the business, including responding to customer inquiries.

Benefits

Flexible vacation
Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
Access to the Headspace app
Retirement savings
Tuition reimbursement
Employee incentive programs
Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
Two paid volunteer days off annually
Opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives
Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off
Paid holidays
Parental leave
Sabbatical leave
Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee
Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee
Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
Fitness reimbursement
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee
Access to 529 Plan
Commuter benefits
Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan