Practical Law is looking for an experienced labor and employment attorney with a focus on international employment law to join our Employment Service. This role can be located out of a home office anywhere in the United States if the candidate does not live near a Thomson Reuters office. Candidates outside the United States may be considered as well. The Editor will:
- Develop, write and edit Practical Law Global know-how and current awareness resources (including practice guidance notes, standard documents, checklists and legal updates) for practicing attorney-subscribers primarily in the area of employment law and, optimally, also in the following topic areas:
- Creating and enforcing global policies and procedures for companies
- Employment agreements
- International secondments and other temporary assignments abroad
- Pay and benefits
- Immigration issues related to permanent and temporary employee moves abroad
- Employment in corporate transactions, particularly cross-border M&A
- Termination
- Restrictive covenants, confidentiality and IP in employment context
- Discrimination, human rights and whistleblowing
- Unions
- Managing working relationships in multinational companies (performance management, employee data and monitoring, grievances, sickness/incapacity, time off, leaves)
- Help set the strategic direction and drive the content plan for Practical Law Global resources to meet the practice needs of lawyers working on international/cross-border transactions.
- Audit existing content offerings to ensure consistency and strategic content development in support of business goals.
- Collaborate with other Practical Law Employment editors (in the US, UK, Canada and Australia), editors from Practical Law’s Global/Cross-border Team, Practical Law’s Law Department Team and other Practical Law services on Global content planning and priorities, resource production and peer review.
- Establish and maintain relationships with external law firm contributors across the world.
- Develop relationships with international lawyers in private practice and in-house counsel and industry groups internationally to ensure that the content is topical and meets their needs.
- Organize and conduct webinars on cross-border transactions and other Global topics.
Qualifications
Candidates should have at least the following skills and experience:
- At least eight (8) years’ experience working as an employment lawyer at a law firm and/or as in-house counsel with in-depth international/cross-border work experience. In-house employment law experience at a multinational company ideal.
- Significant and broad expertise and practice experience in a variety of international employment matters, with a focus on matters of importance for multinational companies and, optimally, also covering:
- global policies and procedures for companies;
- employment agreements;
- international secondments and other temporary assignments abroad;
- pay and benefits;
- immigration issues related to permanent and temporary employee moves abroad;
- employment in corporate transactions, particularly cross-border M&A;
- termination;
- restrictive covenants, confidentiality and IP in employment context;
- discrimination, human rights and whistleblowing;
- unions; and
- managing working relationships in multinational companies (performance management, employee data and monitoring, grievances, sickness/incapacity, time off, leaves).
- A good understanding of the needs and priorities of both law firm attorneys and in-house counsel.
- Licensed to practice law in one or more of the following jurisdictions is preferred:
- US, including CA, DC, IL, MI, MN, NY, TX, or WA; or
- UK.
- Enthusiasm and ambition, with a desire to improve the efficiency of legal services.
- A passion for writing and strong editing skills, including:
- very close attention to detail;
- excellent command of grammar, punctuation and plain English;
- strong technical drafting skills; and
- the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.
- Self-motivated with excellent management and organizational skills to effectively track productivity and ensure product development milestones are met.
- Ability to constantly collaborate with and support team members.
- Ability to network effectively with lawyers from multiple international jurisdictions at conferences and in other settings, and to solicit contributions and expertise from them.
Candidates selected for a second interview will be required to undertake writing and editing samples.
About Practical Law:
Practical Law, a Thomson Reuters business, is a leading online provider of legal know-how. We help government and private lawyers save time and practice more efficiently. We deliver our content to governmental entities, companies, law firms, and law schools. Our subscribers include government entities on the federal, state and local levels, most major international law firms and corporations, including approximately 85% of the Am Law 200, hundreds of small and mid-size firms, and over 1,300 legal departments worldwide. For more information about Practical Law see our website at us.practicallaw.tr.com.
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Locations
- Chicago-Illinois-United States of America
- Eagan-Minnesota-United States of America
- Los Angeles-California-United States of America
- New York-New York-United States of America