Content Manager, Private Equity & Transactional Floater

About the Role

LexisNexis seeks a recently practicing attorney with 5+ years of experience as a transactional attorney with experience in the private equity and investment management practice area to help develop online legal content, products, tools, and solutions for attorneys. We are seeking someone with recent and intimate knowledge of the private equity & investment management practice area and workflow, as well as experience in other transactional practice areas, including real estate, corporate and M&A, and finance. Your schedule will be evenly divided, with 50% of your time dedicated to the private equity and investment management practice area, while the remaining 50% will focus on other transactional sectors.

Detailed Role Description:

The person in this role will help deliver a compelling and all-purpose practical guidance legal product across targeted markets as a member of a multi-disciplined team of content developers, product planners, external consultants, IT specialists, and marketing and sales representatives.

As a Content Manager, you will apply your transactional subject matter expertise to Practical Guidance, a dynamic legal technology platform. You will join a team of experienced attorneys and professionals who are passionate about their practice areas and make it their mission to give attorneys the guidance and tools to do their job more efficiently.

The person in this role will use their practical legal knowledge and experience in AI to inform content development and help determine the product’s strategic direction. You will write and edit thought leadership content and network with attorney authors. You will stay on top of the latest legal and practice developments to drive strategic development and delight customers. You will collaborate across functions to drive customer satisfaction and usage and provide time-saving solutions to customers.

Responsibilities:

• Creating and updating authoritative, accurate, up-to-date, market-leading, polished practical insights into the private equity and investment management practice area and other related transactional practice areas

• Managing end-to-end development of your practice area's content and features aligned with the strategy and goals of the business

• Participating in team initiatives/projects and supporting managers and other business partners (including Sales, Marketing, and Technical Product Managers) to drive commercial success

• Regularly eliciting and integrating customer feedback to create the most useful legal content, tools, and resources

• Recruiting, managing, and editing content created by external authors to ensure timely delivery of content

• Making recommendations concerning overall content development strategy and expansion, and assist in product design

• Maintaining awareness of practice area trends and news

• Monitoring competitiveness of the product offering

• Thinking creatively about tools and solutions to evolve the product, including the integration of AI technologies

• Understanding the value proposition of Practical Guidance and representing the content and practice area within the organization and externally

• Demonstrating a commitment to continuous learning, experimentation, and collaboration

Qualifications, Skills, and Experience Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience as a transactional lawyer

• Deep subject matter knowledge of transactional practice area workflows in the private equity and investment management practice area and one or more of the following substantive areas:

• Real Estate/REITS

  Corporate and M&A

  Finance

  Venture Capital

• Experience in private funds/alternative investments practice at a large law firm and/or the legal department of a private investment firm, including subject matter expertise in U.S. investment management laws and other laws impacting private funds

• Experience working on transactions in other practice areas, including real estate, corporate and M&A, and finance

• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex legal concepts and adapt content for diverse audiences, ensuring clarity and precision in all deliverables. Possesses a keen understanding of industry trends and regulatory developments affecting private equity and related sectors

• Experience with AI technologies and their application in legal content development

• Excellent writing, editing, and analytical skills; strong practical writer with the ability to write effectively and concisely; experience with editing, presenting CLEs, and/or drafting client alerts a plus

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Must be highly organized, self-motivated, proactive, and detail-oriented

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team

• Comfortable working in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and conducting online legal research using AI tools

• Have J.D. or equivalent law degree and active bar membership in good standing

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. 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 for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

• Health Benefits: Comprehensive, multi-carrier program for medical, dental and vision benefits

• Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match and an Employee Share Purchase Plan

• Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Headspace app subscription, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs

• Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity

• Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves, adoption, and surrogacy benefits

• Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts

• Up to two days of paid leave annually to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice