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Senior Lawyer Writer, Commercial, Practical Law Expert

2 months ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Thomson Reuters Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Lawyer Writer to join our team at Practical Law Australia. As a key member of our commercial law team, you will be responsible for providing high-quality legal content to our customers.

Key Responsibilities
  • Stay up-to-date with commercial law topics and monitor legal, practice, and market developments relevant to lawyers in both in-house and private practice environments.
  • Plan, research, write, draft, edit, and maintain premium quality commercial know-how resources, including practice notes, standard documents, checklists, and drafting notes for lawyers.
  • Support internal peer review processes to ensure content is legally correct, kept continuously updated, and maintained to reflect all relevant legal developments and current market practice.
  • Meet with external customers, industry, and sector experts to build a superior understanding of commercial law and related developments to ensure relevant and premium quality content is delivered that anticipates, meets, and exceeds customer needs.
  • Provide legal expertise in responding to queries from external customers about commercial law and practice.
  • Assist in the planning, development, and publication of commissioned content authored by commercial lawyers in private practice and in-house legal teams.
About You

To be successful in this role, you will need to meet the following requirements:

  • Be admitted to practice as a lawyer in Australia, with a minimum of 5 years+ PQE experience, working as a commercial lawyer, most recently in an in-house role or a top/mid-tier private practice.
  • Have an established reputation as an expert in your field.
  • Have a genuine and demonstrable interest in commercial law and in helping to re-invent the way legal know-how works.
  • Be able to work independently and communicate effectively with your manager and the rest of the Practical Law team.
  • Have strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Be able to articulate and present your ideas, strategies, and decisions.
  • Have a proactive, "get it done" mindset, always looking for solutions and not shy about pursuing them.
  • Have a positive attitude, be team-oriented, flexible, and analytical.
  • Have attention to detail.
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 vacation; two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs.
  • Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity, and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
  • Learning & Development: Linked In Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company.
  • Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
  • Purpose Driven Work: 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.