Global Corporate Legal Counsel; Remote

South Africa
Full time
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About the Team
Lexis Nexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, 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.

About the role
We are looking for legally trained professionals with strong proficiency in Arabic and English to join our team as Bilingual Legal Analysts, supporting the delivery of high-quality legal information for Lexis Nexis MENA solutions across the Middle East region. As part of the Editorial Operations function, you will play a key role in ensuring that content - including legislation, case law, regulatory materials, and practical resources - is accurately processed, structured, and made accessible to end users in a clear, consistent, and reliable format.

This is a hands-on, operational role offering exposure to a wide range of legal topics and jurisdictions, where you will contribute directly to the quality and usability of Lexis Nexis solutions, while working within well-defined processes and editorial standards.

Responsibilities
+ Process, review, and validate legal content in Arabic and English, ensuring accuracy and alignment with editorial standards
+ Translate or validate legal materials (legislation, case law, regulatory texts, practical resources) depending on assignment
+ Structure and format content within Lexis Nexis systems (CMS and editorial tools)
+ Conduct targeted legal research to support content processing and validation, and ensure terminological consistency and clarity across bilingual legal content
+ Monitor legal and regulatory developments to support content updates, use internal tools, including AI-assisted workflows, to support content processing and quality control
+ Collaborate with internal teams (Editorial, Product, Technology) to support content delivery and platform development
+ Contribute to quality control processes and continuous improvement of editorial workflows
+ Manage assigned tasks within defined timelines and production targets

Requirements
+ Law degree (LL.B., J.D., or equivalent).
+ Be fluent in Arabic and professional-level English, candidates who are not fluent in Arabic will not be considered.
+ Excellent attention to detail with strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
+ Demonstrated ability to work with structured legal content and follow defined editorial and operational