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Freelance Reporter/Legal Analyst

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The Role: The Freelance Reporter/Legal Analyst have an immediate opening for an experienced, enthusiastic reporter to join the team on a freelance basis. The Hedge Fund Law Report (https://www.

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The Role:

The Freelance Reporter/Legal Analyst have an immediate opening for an experienced, enthusiastic reporter to join the team on a freelance basis.

The Hedge Fund Law Report (https://www.hflawreport.com/) and Private Equity Law Report (https://www.pelawreport.com/) analyze critical legal issues in the private fund industry, including rulemaking, compliance, taxation, marketing and other operational challenges that private fund managers confront on an ongoing basis. They provide subscribers with proprietary analysis on dynamic issues unfolding in the industry and offers plain-English guidance and tools to help legal counsel and compliance professionals create and revise practices, policies and procedures.

Researching and writing articles of various types – including our feature thematic, Q&A, analysis and webinar/panel coverage articles – based on extensive interviews of and other interactions with industry experts. Articles typically address developments in the field (i.e., regulation, laws, breaches, settlements, guidelines, etc.), best practices for the industry and other topics relevant to our subscribers.

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, viewing webinars and other information gathering.

Developing and maintaining relationships with key industry participants with the goals of: understanding the “pain points” experienced by practitioners (particularly GCs and CCOs), cultivating sources for articles, and gathering industry intelligence.

Attending panels and webinars.

At least three years of paid, long-form (i.e., 3,000+ word) reporting/writing experience (coverage of legal, business or financial topics preferred but not required. Coverage of the hedge fund or private equity industry a plus).

Excellent reporting, writing, research, interview, organizational and analytical abilities, with a demonstrated capacity to consistently create engaging, thorough, sophisticated articles under deadline that require minimal editing.

Juris Doctor or equivalent law degree preferred but not required.

Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Excellent proofreading skills.

PLEASE SUBMIT 1-2 REPRESENTATIVE WRITING SAMPLES IN APPLICATION, EITHER AS ATTACHEMENTS OR PROVIDE LINKS. IF YOU ARE PROVIDING LINKS THEY NEED TO BE ACCESSIBLE SITES THAT DO NOT REQUIRE SUBSCRIBTIONS