This role is for one of our clients
$90 - $130/hourpay
Role Title: M&A Attorney
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
We are seeking experienced M&A Attorneys for a part-time opportunity at the intersection of legal expertise and artificial intelligence. This role is designed for accomplished corporate lawyers with significant experience in mergers and acquisitions who are interested in helping shape the next generation of AI-powered legal solutions.
Leveraging your expertise in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and redlining complex transaction documents, you will evaluate AI-generated legal work, contribute to the development of high-quality training data, and help improve how AI systems interpret contract language, identify transactional risks, and support legal decision-making.
RequirementsKey Responsibilities
- Perform simulated M&A contract negotiations and redlining exercises across a variety of transaction documents.
- Review and evaluate AI-generated responses to M&A-related legal scenarios, providing detailed feedback to improve model accuracy and legal reasoning.
- Develop structured evaluation frameworks, scoring rubrics, and quality standards for assessing AI performance on transactional legal tasks.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary product, research, and engineering teams to refine AI training datasets, legal guidelines, and best practices.
- Apply practical legal judgment to identify contractual risks, negotiation strategies, and drafting improvements within complex M&A agreements.
- Contribute subject matter expertise to enhance AI systems designed for transactional law, contract review, and legal analysis.
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice group of a corporate law firm.
- Strong familiarity with standard M&A transaction documents, including Asset Purchase Agreements (APAs) and Stock Purchase Agreements (SPAs).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities with the capability to translate legal expertise into structured, actionable feedback.
- Demonstrated interest in legal innovation and emerging technologies.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
- Previous experience working with AI, legal technology platforms, or AI training and evaluation projects.
- Experience advising private equity firms or participating in private equity transactions.
- Familiarity with legal operations, contract lifecycle management (CLM) platforms, or enterprise legal technology solutions.
Skills Required
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited law school.
- Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Minimum 2 years of experience in the Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) practice group of a corporate law firm.
- Strong familiarity with standard M&A transaction documents, including Asset Purchase Agreements (APAs) and Stock Purchase Agreements (SPAs).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong analytical and critical thinking abilities with the capability to translate legal expertise into structured, actionable feedback.
- Demonstrated interest in legal innovation and emerging technologies.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
- Previous experience working with AI, legal technology platforms, or AI training and evaluation projects.
- Experience advising private equity firms or participating in private equity transactions.
- Familiarity with legal operations, contract lifecycle management (CLM) platforms, or enterprise legal technology solutions.
What We Do
Weekday is an AI-powered recruitment platform that helps startups hire top-tier engineering and product talent. By leveraging a massive database of white-collar professionals and advanced outreach tools, the company streamlines the hiring process through automated sourcing, AI-driven resume screening, and white-glove contingency services. Their mission is to modernize recruitment by enabling companies to discover and engage passive candidates efficiently, ensuring high-quality hires for critical roles.
