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Join Our Competition Law Team For Period of 12 Months And Unlock Legal Excellence!

About our Team
 

LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role
 

As a knowledge lawyer in the Lexis+® UK Competition content team, you will be joining a team of experienced UK/EU competition lawyers for 12 Months. Together, you will write and edit a suite of practical know-how content relied on by customers in the UK and EU legal sector daily as they advise on competition matters.
 

Responsibilities

• Assist with writing and editing content for the competition law guidance module—legal guidance notes, precedent documents, databases, checklists, flowcharts, Q&As and related materials.
• Monitoring developments relevant to our customer base.
• Providing high-quality news and analysis tailored to meet the needs and expectations of competition lawyers.
• Engaging with customers and legal market contacts to understand their needs and stay updated on the latest developments and market trends.
• Assisting with customer questions and feedback.
• Working proactively with over 30 other Lexis+® UK practice areas and the wider business.

Requirements

• Ideally have postgraduate qualification in Competition law.
• Possess good knowledge of competition law and practice in South Africa (as a background to writing and editing content on UK and EU competition law and practice)
• Have gained experience in competition law and practice at a leading private practice law firm or in-house legal department in South Africa.
• Possess the ability to write in a clear and concise manner, communicating complex legal concepts and their practical application.
• Maintain attention to detail, particularly in legal content review.
• Have excellent research, organisation and planning skills, and a solid drive and ability to meet difficult objectives and deliverables.
• Take responsibility for continually developing and expanding your areas of expertise, skills and knowledge.

Work in a way that works for you
 

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
 

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

About the Business
 

LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.