Thomson Reuters is hiring a global media lawyer/litigator to support Reuters News and its broader businesses. The role, a 12-month parental leave cover, will be based in London.
This role offers a unique opportunity: the media litigator will advise, around the world, on laws affecting newsgathering and publication, data gathering and distribution, privacy, and intellectual property rights and will advocate for Thomson Reuters’ interests in disputes and litigation, including the rights of journalists.
Thomson Reuters provides legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals with the tools and information they need to empower people and decision-making. Its news and media business, Reuters News, is the world’s leading international news agency, reaching more than one billion people every day and delivering real-time, award-winning news coverage to news and media organisations, brands, and consumers. Reuters covers a broad range of topics, including business, politics, finance, sports, and technology. The hallmarks of Reuters’ journalism are speed, impartiality, and insight.
About the role
This media lawyer will join the Litigation team in the Thomson Reuters General Counsel’s Office, and will collaborate with colleagues within and across practice groups.
In this opportunity as a Senior Counsel, your Major Responsibilities / Accountabilities will be:
* Advise Reuters journalists in 160+ locations worldwide on laws affecting publication and distribution across all content types (text, video, pictures, graphics)—including defamation, privacy and newsgathering.
* Conduct pre-publication review of news content in a fast-paced environment.
* Advise on issues concerning the physical, digital, and emotional safety of our journalists, many of whom are reporting from higher-risk areas and/or on higher-risk subject matter.
* Counsel on copyright and other intellectual property matters, including enforcement of Thomson Reuters’ IP rights.
* Respond to legal demands and challenges, defend against subpoenas and other third-party requests for information.
* Advocate for the interests of business partners in disputes and oversee litigation filed by and against Reuters globally.
* Ensure compliance with the Thomson Reuters Trust Principles, which reflect our commitment to integrity, independence and freedom from bias.
* Advise business partners on editorial-related legal issues.
* Track global legal developments affecting journalists, news/information publication, data collection/distribution, and freedom of expression.
About You
You're a great fit for the role of Senior Counsel if you have:
* Qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate
* Significant post-qualification experience (at least 3-4 years PQE) managing disputes/litigation and advising clients in news, media, information, or technology industries.
* Substantial understanding of UK media law
* Demonstrated ability to give timely, clear, and practical legal advice.
* Adaptable and prepared to contribute to areas outside core expertise.
* Strong work ethic with ability to work independently, prioritise, and problem-solve in the face of uncertainty.
* Ability to communicate across diverse geographies and cultures and to thrive as part of a global team.
* Ability to effectively select and manage external counsel around the world.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
* High level of integrity and professionalism.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
* Deep understanding of Thomson Reuters’ core values of independence, integrity and freedom from bias
* Significant understanding of media law and ethics and the news and media industry
* Prior in-house legal experience
* Solid background in intellectual property, especially copyright
* Written and verbal communication skills in languages in addition to English
* Experience working across countries and cultures
What’s in it For You?
Join us to inform the way forward with the latest AI solutions and address real-world challenges in legal, tax, compliance, and news. Backed by our commitment to continuous learning and market-leading benefits, you’ll be prepared to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. This includes:
* Industry-Leading Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
* Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, and hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
* Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
* Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.
* Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
* Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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