Legal Editor, MENA at Thomson Reuters

Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

31 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

02 Jun, 26

Experience

2 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Legal Research, Arabic Fluency, English Fluency, Content Curation, Legal Analysis, Editorial Judgement, Proofreading, Civil Law Knowledge, Content Management Systems, AI Enhanced Workflows, Digital Research, Stakeholder Support

Industry

Software Development

Description

The Legal Editor — MENA is a specialist role at the centre of Thomson Reuters’ regional content strategy, responsible for shaping high-quality legal intelligence across the Middle East and North Africa. This position plays a critical role in ensuring our platform reflects accurate, comprehensive, and up-to-date legal developments by sourcing and curating authoritative materials from across diverse jurisdictions. Working with primary sources — particularly official gazettes and other governmental publications — the Legal Editor applies expert legal judgement to assess, prioritise, and develop content for a global audience of legal professionals. The role combines deep regional expertise with strong editorial discipline, contributing not only to content acquisition but also to ongoing enhancement initiatives and stakeholder support. About the Role As a Legal Editor at Thomson Reuters, you will: Source and monitor legal materials across the MENA region, with a focus on official gazettes, legislation, case law, and regulatory content. Evaluate and prioritise content using expert legal judgement to determine relevance and value for customers. Decide which materials require English translation, balancing importance, demand, and capacity. Analyse Arabic-language legal texts with precision and classify content in line with platform standards. Review and quality-check content (including translations) to ensure accuracy, consistency, and readiness for publication. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of regional legal developments to inform content decisions. Contribute to content improvement projects and identify gaps or opportunities in coverage. Support internal stakeholders and customers by responding to legal content queries. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, timely MENA content. About You To be our Legal Editor, you will likely have: A degree from an accredited law school or equivalent relevant legal qualification — essential. Native Arabic speaker with full professional fluency in English — essential. Deep knowledge of Middle Eastern legal systems, with particular familiarity with Civil Law principles as applied across the MENA region. Understanding of the structure and publication of official legal materials (gazettes, court reporting, regulatory instruments) in one or more MENA jurisdictions. Exceptional legal reading and analytical skills in Arabic, with the ability to quickly assess the significance and relevance of complex legal documents. Sound editorial judgement and decisiveness — able to make quality prioritisation decisions confidently and at pace. Meticulous attention to detail, with well-developed proofreading skills in both Arabic and English. Ability to manage competing priorities, pivot quickly to address high-priority updates, and maintain quality under pressure. Self-starter with the initiative to work independently and the discipline to meet publishing schedules without close supervision. Comfortable with digital research environments, content management systems, AI enhanced workflows, and online legal research tools. Please note that the closing date for applications is Monday 22nd June 2026. #LI-FP3 What’s in it For You? Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance. Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together. Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives. Making a Real-World Impact: We are one of the few companies globally 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. About Us Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news. 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. 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. As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. 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Responsibilities

The Legal Editor is responsible for sourcing, analyzing, and curating high-quality legal intelligence and official gazettes across the MENA region. They ensure the accuracy and relevance of legal content for a global audience of professionals through expert legal judgement and quality checks.