Editor (Practical Law Energy - oil & gas)
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Editor, Energy law (oil & gas sector) – four days per week
Role purpose/summary:
An editor (content author) working in collaboration with existing practice areas, focusing on energy (oil & gas) sector legal current awareness. Reporting to the head of practical environment, working with a steering group to assist collaboration and agree strategic direction.
Major responsibilities/accountabilities:
- Scope, develop and launch a current awareness product covering key energy (oil & gas) law developments in England and Wales/United Kingdom, to form part of a new energy current awareness offering to customers.
- Select from existing Thomson Reuters UK & Ireland Legal Solutions content and write timely, new content for the energy current awareness product (including updates on legislation and policy and case reports).
- Work with other practice areas to ensure a cross-service approach.
- Work with the sales and marketing teams to launch and publicise the new offering, actively engaging with customers.
- Assist the head of current awareness on the current awareness aspects of the energy offering.
- As the role develops, work as required on other energy sector-related projects.
- Keep up to date with general legal developments, energy sector news, industry best practice and the strategy of the Thomson Reuters UK & Ireland Legal Solutions business and consider how they may affect the energy offering.
- Reply to customer feedback queries, including (if requested) as part of the Ask service.
- Provide insight to colleagues for the benefit of existing or future multi-jurisdictional content for the energy sector.
- Assist colleagues who maintain (keep up to date) existing energy-related resources to help ensure those resources are up to date and reflect current market practice.
- Carry out peer-review of energy-related content written by colleagues.
Qualifications
Mandatory skills and experience:
- Significant experience working as a lawyer, whether in-house, in private practice or in the public sector, specialising in energy (oil & gas) law.
- Excellent understanding of the legal market and the needs of lawyers, particularly in the energy sector and in-house.
- A vision to scope a new current awareness product.
- Ability to write practical, plain English content efficiently.
- Commercial awareness.
Desirable skills and experience:
- Good IT skills.
- Strong technical legal skills, including an understanding of upstream and downstream oil & gas and the financing and procurement of energy projects.
- Strong listening and communication skills.
- Team player with a flexible approach.
- Ability to drive projects forward independently and manage competing priorities.
- Enthusiasm for the practice of law with an intellectually rigorous approach to difficult issues.
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Job type:
Four days per week
Location:
London
