Regulatory Attorney - Fully Remote | Upto $100/hr

mercor; Österreich; Remote; EUR 111,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite regulatory talent with AI research labs. We seek a Regulatory Law Expert for a remote, contract engagement to design and oversee compliance programs, investigations, and enforcement responses across US and EU frameworks. You will own regulatory matters, draft filings and memoranda, and develop rubrics distinguishing professional judgment from rote recall. A JD with bar admission or international equivalent is preferred and 5+ years in major firms or regulators.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking work.
• A JD with bar admission or international equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design regulatory compliance programs spanning investigations and enforcement actions.
• Build and coordinate tasks across US and EU regulatory areas (financial services, healthcare, privacy, antitrust, environmental).
• Develop scenarios and reference memoranda using regulatory tracking platforms and filing systems.
• Author rubrics distinguishing authentic regulatory judgment from rote legal recall.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Legal research

Policy analysis

Regulatory strategy

Education

JD with bar admission

Tools

Regulatory tracking platforms

Compliance management systems

Agency filing systems

Job description

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Regulatory Law Expert | Type: Contract | Compensation: $90–$100/hour | Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations, and enforcement actions.
• Build tasks across financial services regulation , healthcare and FDA regulation , antitrust and competition law , data privacy and cybersecurity regulation , and environmental and energy regulation .
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as regulatory tracking platforms, compliance management systems, and agency filing systems used across regulated industries.
• Apply regulatory law methodologies to the standards track a world targets (US: Administrative Procedure Act , agency-specific statutes and regulations; International: EU regulations and directives, UK regulatory frameworks ), and produce reference compliance memoranda, regulatory filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from generic law school or bar exam‑level recall.

Qualifications Must‑Have

• 5+ years working as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking actually work.
• A recognized professional credential is strongly preferred ( JD with bar admission , or an international equivalent).

Preferred

• Prior rubric, training, or compliance documentation authorship is a plus.