Senior Reporter – Private Equity Law Report – 6531

Roles and 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 others; institutional investor decision-makers);
• Working with our editorial team to put together our feature thematic articles (5000-8000 words) by conducting interviews and contributing quotes to those articles;
• 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; and
• Helping “close” our weekly issues.

Skills and Experience

• Substantial experience writing long-form legal or financial articles. Ideal candidates will have 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);
• Excellent reporting, writing, research, organizational and analytical abilities, with a demonstrated capacity to consistently create engaging, thorough, sophisticated articles, as well as shorter updates, each requiring minimal editing under deadline;
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail; and
• Excellent computer skills across major software and applications.