Associate Editor – Private Equity Law Report

Responsibilities

• Researching and writing articles of various types – including our feature thematic, Q&A, analysis and “People Move” articles – based on extensive interviews of and other interactions with industry experts (such as law and accounting firm partners; private equity manager leaders, including GCs, CCOs, COOs, CFOs; and institutional investor decision-makers);
• Working with our editorial team to put together our feature thematic articles (5,000-8,000 words) by conducting interviews and contributing quotes to those articles;
• Identifying article topics, themes, trends and ideas that are central to the day-to-day business practices of our subscribers – primarily through engagement with sources and secondarily through reading, attendance at conferences and other information gathering;
• Editing articles for publication – including by contributors – and assisting the team in the closing process of the publication each week;
• Collaborating on planning of issues, including the content and order of each issue;
• Maintaining relationships with key private equity industry participants with the goals of: understanding the “pain points” experienced by private equity managers (particularly legal and compliance personnel), cultivating sources for articles, developing a pipeline of contributed articles, gathering industry intelligence and exploring event and other collaboration opportunities;
• Attending and writing up panels and webinars;
• Helping manage selected freelance writers, including assigning them articles and helping them develop questions and sources.

Experience, Skills and Education

• Juris Doctor or equivalent law degree preferred, but not required;
• At least three years of paid, full-time reporting experience at a news organization, covering legal, business or financial topics (coverage of the private equity industry a plus);
• Substantial experience writing long-form (i.e., 3,000+ word) legal or financial articles;
• Excellent reporting, writing, research, organizational and analytical abilities, with a demonstrated capacity to consistently create engaging, thorough, sophisticated articles under deadline that require minimal editing;
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; and
• Excellent computer skills across major software and applications.