The Practical Law Company is the UK’s pre-eminent provider of legal know-how, transactional analysis and market intelligence for business lawyers.
We work closely with law firms and in house law departments to provide innovative and practical solutions in know-how, technology and practice development.
Our products and services include:
Market leading web services giving law firms and law departments access to practical know-how at a fraction of the cost of producing it internally.
Cross-border handbooks and the Which lawyer? series, giving legal know-how and market intelligence on commercial law and the leading business lawyers worldwide.
Ground breaking software products for due diligence and transaction automation.
Conferences, training and roundtables.
Our customers include most major international law firms (including over 75% of the top 500 law firms in the UK) and over 1500 companies worldwide (including over 85% of the FTSE 100).
PLC has a staff of over 300 including over 90 legally qualified editors and researchers, many with significant experience as transactional lawyers in major City firms. We are a dynamic and fast growing company and are always looking out for bright and dynamic people that share our vision for the future of legal services.
The role
You will be part of the PLC Corporate team which creates and maintains a wide range of online resources covering various corporate and commercial topics used by busy lawyers and other professionals. These resources include analysis of the latest legal and policy developments (e-mail updates), guides to particular corporate/commercial topics (practice notes) and precedents (standard documents and drafting notes).
You will be primarily responsible for analysing developments in case law that may affect corporate/commercial lawyers, recommending which developments should be reported on by PLC Corporate and drafting appropriate reports. There will also be opportunities to work on other resources within the PLC Corporate service.
Qualities and qualifications
You must have a keen interest corporate and commercial law. You should enjoy legal research and writing and be able to communicate complex points of law and ideas simply (but accurately) and effectively. You will have a good academic record and ideally will have worked for a reasonable time in the corporate/commercial area, whether in a law firm, in-house or at the bar.
Benefits
Competitive salary.
Profit Share Scheme.
Pru-Health cover.
25 days holiday per year, in addition to bank holidays.
Participation in our stakeholder pension scheme. We will contribute the equivalent of 5% of your basic salary into this scheme after 12 full months’ employment.
Early Years Nursery Voucher Scheme.
Life Insurance and Private Health Insurance.
To apply for this role, please send your CV and covering letter to:
Kelly Jones
Practical Law Company
19 Hatfields
London
SE1 8DJ
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