Remote | In-House Counsel — $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 In-House Counsel with strong expertise in technology transactions, contract negotiation, drafting, redlining, derivatives, and commercial legal review to contribute to an advanced legal AI training and contract-evaluation project.
• Selected professionals will review and assess contract-redlining workflows, perform simulated negotiations, evaluate AI-generated legal responses, and help establish rigorous standards for commercial contract analysis and legal judgement. The opportunity is particularly suited to seasoned in-house lawyers with substantial technology-transactions experience.

Responsibilities

• Commercial Contract Drafting & Review
• Draft, review, and analyse technology and commercial agreements
• Work with MSAs, NDAs, ISDAs, derivatives documentation, and related contracts
• Identify contractual risks, ambiguities, and drafting weaknesses
• Assess whether provisions reflect intended commercial arrangements
• Apply practical in-house 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 tasks
• AI Contract Evaluation
• Review AI-generated responses to transactional and contract scenarios
• Assess legal reasoning, drafting quality, and commercial judgement
• Identify inaccurate interpretations, weak redlines, or unsupported conclusions
• Evaluate whether proposed revisions appropriately address contractual risk
• Provide structured expert feedback supporting model improvement
• Evaluation Frameworks & Grading
• Develop objective evaluation frameworks for contract-related legal tasks
• Define criteria covering drafting quality, legal reasoning, negotiation judgement, and risk identification
• Establish consistent standards for evaluating AI-generated legal work
• Document why particular responses are strong, incomplete, or incorrect
• Support rigorous and repeatable contract-evaluation workflows
• Legal Collaboration & Quality
• Collaborate with product, research, and technical teams on contract-review initiatives
• Translate in-house legal expertise into clear and actionable feedback
• Help refine legal datasets, review guidelines, and evaluation standards
• Communicate complex technology-transaction concepts across multidisciplinary teams
• Contribute to evolving best practices for AI-assisted contract analysis

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of in-house legal experience focused on technology transactions
• Strong experience negotiating MSAs, NDAs, ISDAs, derivatives documentation, and related agreements
• Demonstrated contract-drafting, negotiation, and redlining expertise
• Strong understanding of commercial and legal risk allocation
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and strong analytical judgement
• Ability to translate legal expertise into structured evaluation feedback
• Comfortable working with cross-disciplinary teams in fast-paced environments
• Strong practical understanding of in-house legal decision-making
• Interest in the intersection of law, technology, and AI
• Prior exposure to AI, legal technology, or related training initiatives is advantageous but not required

Skills

Required

• Contract drafting
• Contract negotiation
• Redlining
• Commercial legal review
• Technology transactions
• Risk allocation
• Analytical judgement
• Attention to detail
• Communication skills
• Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Preferred

• AI
• Legal technology
• Training initiatives