At a Glance
- Tasks: Cover legal issues in property and construction, writing analyses and features.
- Company: Law360, a LexisNexis company, focuses on business lawyers and major legal news.
- Benefits: Generous holiday allowance, health screening, and access to a competitive pension scheme.
- Other info: Opportunity to build a deep network of sources and drive industry coverage.
- Why this job: Join a leading newswire and shape coverage in the UK property and construction sectors.
- Qualifications: Reporting experience at a daily publication and knowledge of civil courts preferred.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 45000 £ per year.
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About our Team: Law360, a LexisNexis company, is an online newswire for business lawyers covering major litigation, transactions, and regulatory issues.
About the role: We are seeking a senior reporter to cover legal issues surrounding the property and construction markets in the U.K. The reporter will write regular news analyses and features, contextualizing major court rulings in the property market and construction sector, as well as deal making and regulatory developments in the space. The reporter will be expected to develop a deep understanding of the beat and a reliable roster of sources.
Responsibilities:
- Building a deep network of sources and mastering the subject area.
- Reporting and writing features and analysis pieces and covering the biggest news stories for the wire.
- Breaking exclusive news and interviews.
- Driving Law360 UK coverage of the industry.
Requirements:
- Reporting experience, preferably at a daily publication.
- Experience covering civil courts or property and construction sectors strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated reporting, writing and organizational skills.
- Exceptional news judgment and communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently in shaping a beat.
- Must be able to build sources and regularly write enterprise stories.
Preferences:
- Experience in covering legal or regulatory affairs or experience in covering business news.
Benefits:
- Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
- Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits.
- Wellbeing programs.
- Life assurance.
- Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
- Share option scheme.
- Travel season ticket loan.
- Electric Vehicle Scheme.
- Optional Dental Insurance.
- Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
- RecaRes days to support charities and causes.
- Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
- Extensive learning and development resources.
- Employee discounts via Perks at Work.
Equal Opportunity Statement: We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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Law360 is based in the UK and offers extensive learning resources and wellbeing programs. The team is dedicated to providing in-depth coverage of legal issues affecting the property and construction markets.
