Remote Regulatory Attorney — Compliance Strategy & Filings

mercor; España; Remote; EUR 111,000 - 123,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Regulatory Law Expert for a contract role, fully remote. You will lead regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations, and enforcement actions across US and international frameworks.

Ideal candidate has a JD with bar admission and 5+ years in regulatory attorney or compliance counsel roles; fluency with regulatory tooling and experience with administrative rulemaking; global regulatory experience preferred.

Qualifications

• 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 JD with bar admission, or an international equivalent.

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.

Skills

Regulatory counsel experience

Regulatory tooling fluency

Ownership of compliance programs

Understanding of administrative rule‑m

Education

Juris Doctor (JD) with bar admission

Tools

Regulatory tracking platforms

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Regulatory Law Expert for a contract role, fully remote. You will lead regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations, and enforcement actions across US and international frameworks.

Ideal candidate has a JD with bar admission and 5+ years in regulatory attorney or compliance counsel roles; fluency with regulatory tooling and experience with administrative rulemaking; global regulatory experience preferred.