Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Corp & M&A (Private Equity)

About Practical Law

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, one of the world’s most trusted providers of answers across law, tax, compliance, government and media.

About The Role

As a Senior Specialist Legal Editor in Practical Law, you will use your specialist legal knowledge of, and experience in Private Equity law and practice to create and maintain a wide range of content and to support the development of Thomson Reuters AI-powered legal solutions. Working in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting work.

Major Responsibilities/accountabilities

• Research, write and maintain clear, current, and practical legal content aligned with market practice and customer needs, and business objectives.
• Review and edit content written by others, whether by colleagues or external expert contributors.
• Keep up to date with legal, practice and market developments to ensure content remains accurate, relevant and aligned with business objectives.
• Use your legal expertise to support the development of customer-focused Thomson Reuters' AI-powered legal solutions.
• Use your legal expertise and editorial skills to support the development and application of internal AI editorial tools.
• Develop and maintain relationships with lawyers and industry groups to ensure content reflects current market practice.
• Use your specialist legal knowledge to assist the wider Thomson Reuters team, working with product management, sales, marketing, and technology functions where necessary.

About You

• You're a fit for the role if you are a Juris Doctor with a current license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction and have:
  • At least 8 years' experience of working as a sponsor-side Private Equity lawyer in a law firm or in-house with a track record of leading complex M&A deals.
  • Extensive experience advising private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, co-investors, and lenders on acquisitions/dispositions, growth investments, and exits including:
    • Structuring and negotiating LBOs, minority/majority investments, carve outs, take privates, and add-ons.
    • Drafting and editing SPAs, merger agreements, stock/asset purchase agreements, LLC/LP agreements, financing and ancillary documents.
    • Advising and drafting on governance, management rollover, incentive equity, earn outs, and shareholder equity arrangements.
  • Familiarity with LBO structures, fund economics, financing terms, and private fund formation is preferred.
  • Strong writing skills, 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.
  • Experience of using AI tools in legal work.

What's in it For You?

• Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: 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. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
• Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer 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.
• Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
• 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.
• Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

Pay and Benefits

The base compensation range for this role is $119,700 USD - $222,300 USD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual’s knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.