Senior Specialist Legal Editor, Bankruptcy

Senior Specialist Legal Editor (Bankruptcy & Restructuring)

Role Summary :

Practical Law is looking for a Bankruptcy Editor who has a passion for research and writing on legal topics to create attorney-specific resources for our Bankruptcy & Restructuring Service.

About the Role :

In this opportunity as a Senior Specialist Legal Editor , you will :

• Develop and maintain bankruptcy and restructuring legal know-how content to be published on Practical Law’s online services.
• Conceptualize, draft, and edit a wide range of original bankruptcy resources, including annotated standard form documents, practice guidance notes, and checklists in accordance with Practical Law writing style.
• Maintain current awareness and monitor legal developments and legal practice trends in bankruptcy law and financial restructurings, with the goal of ensuring coverage is current, accurate, and relevant.
• Establish and maintain relationships with external law firm contributors providing bankruptcy resources.
• Develop relationships with law firm attorneys, in-house counsel, and industry groups to ensure that the bankruptcy content is topical and meets their needs.
• Support sales team by participating in sales calls and planning and leading product demonstrations, webinars, and in-person continuing legal education seminars for current and potential subscribers.
• Assist in the editorial development of Practical Law and Thomson Reuters products.
• This role may be located in a home office if candidate is not near a Thomson Reuters office.*

About You :

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

• A J.D. and current license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.
• Minimum of eight 8 years’ experience practicing as an attorney in the US concentrating in bankruptcy and restructuring in a law firm and / or corporate law department.
• Extensive expertise in a wide range of bankruptcy-related transactions and bankruptcy litigation proceedings, including : Representation of debtors in complex Chapter 11 cases.

Representation of a diverse range of creditors, such as official and unofficial committees of unsecured creditors, indenture trustees, landlords, and trade creditors.

Advising clients on out-of-court debt restructuring, strategies, and state court alternatives. Structuring, negotiating, and documenting restructuring support agreements, plans of reorganization, 363 sale agreements, DIP and exit credit agreements, and other bankruptcy transactional documents.

Substantive familiarity with bankruptcy motion practice, contested matters, and adversary proceedings.

• Deep knowledge and understanding of the Bankruptcy Code and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and their application to restructuring transactions and related litigation.
• Enthusiasm and ambition, with a desire to improve the efficiency of legal services.
• A strong understanding of the needs and priorities of law firm and in-house counsel and the legal market.
• Ability to understand and interpret fundamental workings and trends within a target industry.
• Skill and passion for writing and good editing skills, including : close attention to detail;impressive command of grammar, punctuation, and plain English;

strong technical drafting skills; andthe ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.

• Self-motivated with excellent management and organization skills to effectively track productivity and ensure product development milestones are met.
• The ability to continuously collaborate with and support team members in a hybrid and / or remote environment and operate efficiently in a remote environment without on-site technical support.

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

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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) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected

• Wellbeing : Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance : flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off;
• work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription;

retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture : Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

Learning & Development : LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company;

Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

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 have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.

In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match.

In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave.

These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws.

• Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits : 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; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position.

The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following states : CA, CO, CT, IL, NV, TX, WA and / or remote. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $120,400 - $223,600.

The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following states : KS, MI, MN, NY, VA. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $114,400 - $212,400.

The base compensation range in other locations may vary. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

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.

Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future?

At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services Reuters.

We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most : advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion.

At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them.

Sound exciting? 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. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex / gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.

Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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