Legal Staff Writer / Court Reporter

A market leader in credit intelligence, Reorg brings together journalists, financial analysts, legal analysts, technologists, and data scientists to collect and synthesize highly complex information into actionable intelligence. Since 2013, tens of thousands of professionals across hedge funds, investment banks, management consulting, and law firm verticals have come to rely on Reorg to make better, faster, and more confident decisions in pace with the fast-moving credit markets. A proud member of the Permira portfolio since 2022, Reorg’s operations continue to grow rapidly across North America, the UK, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit: www.reorg.com

Working at Reorg

Consistent with our growth, Reorg hires innovators and trailblazers across the globe to drive our business and our iron-clad corporate culture alike. Our core values – Action Oriented, Customer First Mindset, Effective Team Players, and Driven to Excel – define an organizational ethos that’s as high-performing as it is human. Among other perks, Reorg employees enjoy competitive health benefits, a generous retirement package, generous parental leave, gym subsidies, educational reimbursements for career development, recognition programs, and much more.

The Role

Responsibilities:

• Break news including judgments, court orders, and updates in the context of legal proceedings relating to Reorg’s core U.K court coverage;
• Attend hearings and trials to produce fast, well-written court coverage with a particular (but not exclusive) focus on restructuring plans and schemes of arrangement;
• Liaise with relevant parties including legal advisors/barristers to obtain copies of skeleton arguments and other court documents;
• Purchasing and writing up court filings;
• Work alongside core staff writing team writing company earnings, announcements and other breaking news;
• Assist with maintenance of Restructuring Database;
• Provide content for podcasts and marketing when relevant;
• Review court listings, press articles and releases for new and existing court coverage related to Reorg content;
• Develop understating of topical credits and ongoing situations;
• Monitor domestic and foreign press for key developments

Requirements:

• Excellent written and spoken English;
• A self-starter keen to develop an acute news sense in this beat;
• An ability to quickly synthesize situations with complex legal and/or factual matrix in clear, tightly-angled stories;
• Some **** understanding of the UK court system and familiarity with credit markets and debt restructurings (both in and out of court ) is preferable, but not essential;
• Availability to attend in-person hearings at the High Court in London at short notice;
• A proven ability to multi task and work both independently and as a team player in a fast-paced and collaborative environment;
• Fluency in other European languages is always a plus but not required;
• Ability to being work at 7 a.m. on rotation

Reorg provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Reorg complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.