Remote | M&A Attorney — $90–$130/hour at 24-MAG in New York, New York, United States

Job description

• We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for experienced M&A Attorneys with strong expertise in mergers and acquisitions, contract negotiation, contract drafting, and contract redlining to contribute to an advanced legal AI training and evaluation project.
• Selected professionals will review and assess contract-redlining workflows, simulate negotiations, evaluate AI-generated legal responses, and help establish rigorous standards for transactional legal reasoning and contract analysis. The work is particularly suited to attorneys with hands-on M&A experience in corporate law firms and familiarity with sophisticated acquisition agreements.

Responsibilities

• M&A Contract Drafting & Review
• Draft, review, and analyse transactional agreements used in mergers and acquisitions
• Work with standard M&A documentation, including Asset Purchase Agreements and Stock Purchase Agreements
• Identify contractual risks, inconsistencies, and drafting weaknesses
• Evaluate whether provisions accurately reflect intended deal structures and commercial objectives
• Apply professional transactional standards throughout contract-review workflows
• Contract Negotiation & Redlining
• Perform simulated contract negotiations and redlining exercises
• Evaluate alternative drafting positions and negotiation approaches
• Identify legal, commercial, and risk-allocation implications of proposed changes
• Refine contractual language for clarity, precision, and enforceability
• Maintain consistency across iterative negotiation and redlining exercises
• AI Contract Evaluation
• Review AI-generated responses to transactional and contract scenarios
• Identify weak legal reasoning, inaccurate interpretations, and inappropriate drafting choices
• Assess whether generated redlines reflect sound M&A judgement
• Provide detailed expert feedback to improve model accuracy and precision
• Help improve systems designed to analyse and interpret transactional legal documents
• Evaluation Frameworks & Grading Criteria
• Create objective evaluation frameworks for contract-related tasks
• Define grading criteria covering drafting quality, legal reasoning, negotiation judgement, and risk identification
• Establish consistent standards for evaluating AI-generated legal work
• Document why specific responses are strong, incomplete, or incorrect
• Support rigorous and repeatable model-evaluation workflows
• Cross-Functional Legal Collaboration
• Collaborate with product, research, and technical teams
• Help refine legal datasets, review guidelines, and best practices
• Translate transactional expertise into structured and actionable feedback
• Contribute to evolving standards for AI-assisted contract review
• Communicate complex legal concepts clearly across interdisciplinary teams

Requirements

• J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
• Active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in the M&A department of a corporate law firm
• Strong experience with mergers and acquisitions and transactional legal work
• Familiarity with standard M&A agreements, including APAs and SPAs
• Strong contract-drafting, negotiation, and redlining skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong analytical judgement
• Ability to translate legal expertise into structured feedback
• Comfortable working with cross-disciplinary teams in fast-paced environments
• Experience working with private-equity firms is advantageous
• Prior exposure to AI, legal tech, or AI-training initiatives is beneficial but not required

Skills

Required

• M&A expertise
• Contract drafting
• Contract negotiation
• Contract redlining
• Legal analysis
• Risk identification
• Attention to detail
• Analytical judgement
• Written and verbal communication

Preferred

• Private equity experience
• AI/legal tech exposure