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Principal Editor-March 2024
Hong Kong
Mar 15, 2026
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About Principal Editor

  Principal Editor, Hong Kong Law Reports Portfolio

  Are you passionate about delivering trusted content to professionals and institutions that need to make the right decisions? Are you passionate about case law and its role in the common law? We're looking for an experienced senior Legal Editor to join our Editorial & Content Operations Team in Hong Kong.

  The Principal Editor of our Hong Kong Law Reports Portfolio is responsible for overseeing the delivery of our distinguished Hong Kong law reports content to the legal market.

  About the Role

  In this opportunity as Principal Editor, you will:

  Coordinate and supervise the editorial and publishing workflow for our Hong Kong Law Reports Portfolio.Plan and monitor publishing and output schedules.Work closely with a small team of editorial and production colleagues to meet those schedules.Author, review and edit legal content for publication.Identify key legal issues in judgments and curate our collection of reported case law. Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external law report stakeholders, including courts, government agencies, legal practitioners, and subscribers.Be or become a subject matter expert on law reports and their role in our legal system.

  About You

  You're a fit for the role of Principal Editor if your background includes:

  A legal qualification (barrister or solicitor) with at least 2 years post-call/post-qualification experience, either in Hong Kong (preferred) or from a common law jurisdictionExcellent spoken and written English and Chinese.Excellent communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills.Strong online legal research, writing, and analytical skills.Strong experience with Microsoft Office applications.Proven editorial and publishing skills, in online and print, with exceptional accuracy.Project management experience in a high-volume environment.

  What's in it For You?

  You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

  Hybrid Work Model: Currently the majority of our employees are working within a hybrid environment consisting of in-office and remote work, and following local COVID-19 bylaws and guidelines.Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and moreWellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeingLearning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networkingSocial Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impactPurpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

  #LI-RZ1

  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.

  We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

  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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  More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on https://thomsonreuters.com.

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