Complex Transaction Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Basildon; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal tech company is seeking experienced lawyers to help shape innovative contract analysis tools. You will leverage your legal expertise to analyze contracts, contribute to AI-driven product development, and work collaboratively in a remote, flexible environment, supporting the evolution of legal technology.

Qualifications

• 5–6 years PQE from a top-tier law firm or in-house legal team.
• Experience managing deals with partners.
• Strong background in M&A, lending, and credit facilities.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex contracts to identify interdependencies between clauses.
• Collaborate to refine legal intelligence features.
• Provide insights on how changes affect document structures.

Skills

Corporate Law

Finance Law

Analytical Skills

Collaborative Skills

Legal Technology

Education

Solicitor Qualification

Job description

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Our customer, an innovative legal tech company, is seeking two experienced lawyers to support the development of cutting-edge contract analysis tools. The company, currently with approximately 100 employees, is building AI-driven products designed to help legal teams edit complex contracts and understand the downstream impact of those changes. This is an exciting opportunity to shape how legal technology supports transactional lawyers.

About the Role:

You will work closely with the product team to develop legal intelligence features—particularly those that identify interdependencies and structural impacts within long-form contracts. You’ll provide real-world insights on drafting and risk, evaluate existing tools, and contribute to the evolution of an AI-first contract editing platform.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze complex contracts (e.g., credit agreements, SPAs) to identify and map interdependencies between clauses, definitions, schedules, etc.
• Collaborate with product managers and developers to refine cause-effect features (e.g., “change clause 27.3, then check Schedule 4 and the definition of ‘N’”).
• Provide legal insight into how changes to clauses affect the structure and intent of full documents.
• Evaluate outputs from existing product features and give feedback on accuracy and completeness.
• Support the design of innovative tools for contract editing and risk management.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• 5–6 years PQE, ideally from a top-tier law firm or in-house legal team.
• Senior Associate level – experience managing deals with partners.
• Strong background in corporate and finance law (M&A, lending, credit facilities, etc.).
• Ability to understand and explain the knock-on effects of structural changes (e.g., removing a revolving facility or a letter of credit).
• Intellectually curious, proactive, and excited about emerging legal tech.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and iterative work in a collaborative, non-hierarchical environment.
• Experience working with sample/test contracts to help shape legal tech products.
• Bonus: Familiarity with IP law is useful but the primary focus is on transactional experience.

Work Structure & Flexibility:

• Remote, project-based work with flexible hours and structure.
• Open to hourly billing or other engagement models based on mutual fit.
• Initial focus on evaluating existing product functionality, with potential for ongoing collaboration.

About Elevate:

Elevate provides consulting, technology, and services to law departments and law firms globally. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our team of over 1,600 legal professionals, including lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers, operates across the United States, Europe, UK, Asia, Hong Kong, and Australia.

ElevateFlex, our flexible resourcing capability, supports a new flexible career model within the legal industry by matching exceptional legal professionals to evolving client needs through a curated global community and advanced search technology. We are proud to be rated in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

Our Vision: A world where legal and business teams achieve incredible outcomes together.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As The Law Company, we believe a diverse and inclusive work culture attracts, retains, and celebrates top talent, fostering innovation and good business. We invite candidates from all backgrounds to join the ElevateFlex team—help us change the legal landscape and make a meaningful impact.