Legal Counsel, Thomson Reuters
Reuters
2-3 days a week in office (Canada Square, London)
Financial news and financial data provider
Be an early applicant
Financial news and financial data provider
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
2-3 days a week in office (Canada Square, London)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help professionals advance their businesses and gain competitive advantage with the trusted answers only we can provide.
Role
Who you are
- The successful candidate needs to be a hands-on transactional lawyer, with exceptional communication skills, capable of providing sound legal and business advice to sales professionals, product management, and other internal customers
- Minimum of 5 years’ post-qualification experience working in in-house legal department and/or law firm negotiating and drafting licensing and other commercial agreements, with experience counselling on media and cross-border deals preferred
- Admitted to the roll of solicitors in England & Wales or called to the bar
- Ability to counsel clients across diverse geographies and cultures and to work collaboratively as part of a global team
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent judgment and high level of professional integrity
- Ability to take initiative and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
What the job involves
- You will be part of the commercial legal team that provides supports across the Reuters business and will report to an Assistant General Counsel on the team
- The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying and analysing legal issues, drafting and negotiating documents, presenting commercially viable recommendations, and assuring legal compliance
- Draft, review, negotiate and manage a variety of commercial contracts for Reuters News business, including license agreements, channel partner agreements, advertising agreements, and other related media distribution agreements
- Provide practical day-to-day commercial legal support to Reuters business globally
- Work with Sales, Commercial Policy, Product and other cross-functional teams in Reuters business to identify creative legal solutions for commercial transactions and mitigate legal and commercial risks
- Collaborate with other members of the Thomson Reuters legal team on enterprise-wide legal projects, including developing playbooks, fallback positions and other knowledge sharing tools to help scale commercial legal support for the Reuters business
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Thomson Reuters is reinventing the way professionals work. The multinational media conglomerate provides answers that help professionals make better decisions to run smarter businesses. It targets those in complicated sectors that move society forward; tax, law, compliance, government, and media.
Founded over 165 years ago, the company is now powered by thousands of international journalists. This bandwidth guarantees speed, impartiality, and insight that have helped Thomson Reuters retain its position a market leader. To stay competitive with companies founded in the digital era, Thomson Reuters places emphasis on helping clients reinvent themselves for the newly disruptive digital age.
As well as investing in the coverage of growth markets India and China, and embarking on a number of fintech acquisitions, Thomson Reuters announced an expansion of its long-term partnership with the London Stock Exchange Group in 2023. Together, they plan to enhance the value of financial and market news services to LSEG customers, whilst delivering a superior experience to professionals around the world.
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Company Specialist
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Global careers
- Flexibility
- Work that matters
- Employee appreciation & recognition
- 2 paid volunteer days
- Learning and development
- Parental leave
- Social events and activities
- 2 mental health days off
Company values
- Trust
- Partnership
- Innovation
- Performance
Company HQ
Wellington Place, Toronto, ON
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Leadership
Steve Hasker
(President & CEO, not founder)Previously served as Senior Advisor for TPG, CEO for Creative Artists Agency, Global President & Chief Operating Office for Nielsen, and as a Partner for McKinsey & Company.
Diversity & Inclusion at Thomson Reuters
- The diversity of our talents, ideas and experiences is our true strength. That's why we foster an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued and have the opportunity to reach their full potential
- To drive innovation and deliver competitive advantage, we embrace diversity of thought, style, experience, culture, race, color, gender, national origin, religion, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status. citizen status and veteran status
- In 2020, we announced a commitment to reaching a minimum of 45% female representation in senior leadership roles, globally, by the end 2022
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