RELX

Legal Analyst

RELX  •  Durban, ZA (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Do you enjoy turning complex legal developments into clear, practical guidance that helps people make confident decisions?

About our Team
LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX ( http://www.relx.com), a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case. The company employs over 2,000 technologists, data scientists, and experts to develop, test, and validate solutions in line with RELX Responsible AI Principles ( https://stories.relx.com/responsible-ai-principles/index.html).

About the Role
In this role, you will create, edit, and maintain Practical Guidance content covering legal and regulatory developments across multiple Gulf jurisdictions. You’ll shape user-friendly resources that meet high editorial standards for accuracy and clarity, working closely with authors and internal stakeholders to deliver timely updates and new content.

Responsibilities

  • Edit and review a broad range of legal material (Practice Notes, Legislative Insights, Precedents, Checklists, Guides, Toolkits, and more) to ensure accuracy and alignment with LexisNexis editorial standards
  • Update, enhance, and commission user-friendly, high-value online and print content, including amending outdated Practical Guidance material
  • Oversee the quality of external contributions, providing feedback and ensuring compliance with editorial standards
  • Monitor and incorporate new legal developments, regulatory changes, and emerging industry trends across the Middle East, including multiple Gulf jurisdictions
  • Conduct in-depth legal research to develop comprehensive, reliable editorial content across diverse subjects in the region
  • Collaborate with other legal editors to meet shared content quality and quantity targets
  • Maintain daily, weekly, and monthly reports and statistics for Practical Guidance to track progress against targets
  • Manage multiple projects, timelines, and editorial workflows across several jurisdictions while partnering across departments on content strategies that drive engagement and retention

Requirements

  • Excellent English writing and editing skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Strong legal knowledge and the ability to interpret, research, and explain laws, regulations, and guidance (through legal qualification or equivalent practical experience)
  • Demonstrated legal practice experience as a lawyer or law clerk is highly preferred
  • Demonstrated editing or publishing experience is highly preferred
  • Ability to monitor and respond to legal and regulatory change across multiple jurisdictions, including Gulf jurisdictions
  • Familiarity with AI tools and technologies, such as natural language processing and machine learning, to enhance content creation, review, and operational efficiency
  • Computer skills in Microsoft Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
  • Proven problem-solving skills and the ability to build and maintain effective stakeholder relationships, working confidently in a deadline driven environment

Work in a Way That Works for You
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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 Pattern
Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.

Working for You
We know that your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

  • Medical Aid
  • Retirement Plan inclusive of Risk Benefits (Disability, Critical Illness, Life Cover & Funeral Cover)
  • Modern family benefits, including adoption and surrogacy
  • Study Leave

About the Business
LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click here to access benefits specific to your location.

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RELX

About RELX

RELX is a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers, enabling them to make better decisions, get better results and be more productive.

Our purpose is to benefit society by developing products that help researchers advance scientific knowledge; doctors and nurses improve the lives of patients; lawyers promote the rule of law and achieve justice and fair results for their clients; businesses and governments prevent fraud; consumers access financial services and get fair prices on insurance; and customers learn about markets and complete transactions.

Our purpose guides our actions beyond the products that we develop. It defines us as a company. Every day across RELX our employees are inspired to undertake initiatives that make unique contributions to society and the communities in which we operate.

RELX serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs more than 36,000 people over 40% of whom are in North America.

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Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
London, GB
Year Founded
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Website
relx.com
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