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Professional Support Lawyer - Tax

  • Location:

    Farringdon, London

  • Sector:

    Publishing

  • Job type:

    Permanent, Part Time

  • Salary:

    Competitive

  • Published:

    55 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    30 July 2024

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced lawyer to join the Lexis+ team and contribute to the online practical guidance and current awareness offering of the Lexis+ Tax Sector.

About the Role

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced lawyer to join the Lexis+ team and contribute to the online practical guidance and current awareness offering of the Lexis+ Tax Sector.

The successful candidate will be a lawyer qualified in England and Wales with excellent technical and practical knowledge and experience of Tax work in the commercial sphere. 

Areas of interest:

  • Share and asset sales

  • Finance arrangements

  • Business structures

  • International issues such as corporate residence, entity classification and cross-border transactions

  • Tax information exchange

  • Tax litigation or disputes

  • Anti-avoidance provisions

  • VAT and environmental taxes

The primary objective is to deliver indispensable content that our customers love. To do that, you will need to keep your finger on the pulse of Tax legal developments, and engage with practicing lawyers. 

Responsibilities

  • Creating, developing, and maintaining a market-leading content set for the Lexis+ Practical Guidance Tax module (practice notes, precedents, checklists, flowcharts)

  • Contributing to the Lexis+ Practical Guidance Tax current awareness service by selecting appropriate developments and cases to report on and delivering updates and analysis targeted towards Tax practitioners

  • Monitoring developments relevant to our customer base  

  • Working closely with Lexis+ Hub to produce a market-leading current awareness offering

  • Engaging proactively with customers and contacts in law firms

  • Assisting with customer questions via customer feedback or the LexisAsk service and developing Q&A materials 

Requirements

  • UK qualified lawyer, with significant and broad experience of Tax

  • Excellent knowledge both technically and in the practical application of Tax work

  • Awareness of the legal issues and developments affecting the Tax industry

  • Ability to communicate complex legal and procedural concepts and their practical application concisely and clearly

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 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 wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:

- Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days
- Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
- Wellbeing programs
- Life assurance
- Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
- Save As You Earn share option scheme
- Travel Season ticket loan
- Electric Vehicle Scheme
- Optional Dental Insurance
- Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children
- RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
- Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
- Access to extensive learning and development resources
- Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work

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.  

Please apply using the link below.

https://relx.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/LexisNexisLegal/job/Farringdon/Professional-Support-Lawyer---Tax_R77894


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