- Location
- Home Based - South Africa · Johannesburg · Durban · Port Elizabeth · Cape Town
- Workplace
- Remote
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Education
- Bachelor
- Source
- Workday
Description
About the role
LexisNexis Canada is seeking a highly skilled Content Lawyer with a background in Corporate, Commercial, and M&A law to join our Practical Guidance team. This role is ideal for a recently practicing South African–based lawyer looking to transition into an alternative legal career that leverages deep subject-matter expertise, strong legal writing skills, and independent judgment. You will play a key role in developing, editing, and maintaining high-quality online legal content for Canadian lawyers, working within a collaborative, high-caliber team committed to innovation, quality, and the advancement of the rule of law.
About our business :
At LexisNexis Intellectual Property (LNIP), we believe that whenever a person works on a patent and understands the future trajectory of a specific technology, that person has the potential to fundamentally change how society operates. We are proud to directly support and serve these innovators in their endeavors to better humankind. We enable innovators to accomplish more by helping them make informed decisions, be more productive, comply with regulations, and ultimately achieve superior results. By harnessing the latest advances in machine learning combined with expert analysis, LexisNexis Intellectual Property is disrupting how actionable insight is extracted from patent data. Information can now be accessed with efficiency, accuracy, and at a speed that is just not possible by traditional methods. Our overall success is measured by how well we deliver these results.
Key Responsibilities
- Write, review, edit, and commission practice notes, precedents, checklists, flowcharts, and other practical legal resources.
- Ensure all digital legal content meets LexisNexis quality standards and remains current, accurate, and relevant.
- Monitor legal developments, market trends, and emerging issues in Corporate, Commercial, and M&A law.
- Interpret complex legal and business issues and recommend best practices for content development.
- Contribute subject-matter expertise and insights to overall content strategy, product direction, and innovation initiatives.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (including product, technology, and editorial teams) to deliver content within defined timelines.
- Utilize AI-enabled tools and large language models (LLMs) as part of the daily workflow, applying editorial judgment to validate and enhance outputs.
- Train, mentor, and provide guidance to junior team members, serving as a recognized expert within the function.
Requirements
- Law degree (LLB or equivalent).
- 4–6 years of practice experience in Corporate, Commercial, and/or M&A law within a leading South African law firm or in-house legal department.
- Deep practical knowledge of South African Corporate/Commercial/M&A law and legal workflows, used as a foundation for Canadian legal content development.
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex legal or content-related problems independently, with sound judgment and a broad perspective.
- Superior legal writing and editing skills, with the ability to produce clear, concise, and practical content under prescribed timelines.
- Experience drafting or editing client-facing materials, legal publications, law journals, or CLE content.
- Strong organizational, communication, and presentation skills, with the ability to work collaboratively and independently in a remote or hybrid environment.
- Experience using AI and digital tools in legal or editorial workflows; knowledge of Canadian, global legal principles, Capital Markets, Securities law, or French language is considered an asset.
Working Hours:
Fostering real-time collaboration with colleagues and external authors in Canada, this position will work a shift of 11AM – 7PM Central African Time, Monday – Friday, with occasional meetings outside of these hours
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