Complex Transaction Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Bath; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal tech company is seeking two experienced lawyers to develop contract analysis tools. This role involves providing insights on contract structure, evaluating tools, and collaborating with a product team in a flexible working environment. Ideal candidates have 5-6 years PQE in corporate law and a keen interest in legal tech.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Project-based work

Hourly billing flexibility

Qualifications

• 5-6 years PQE, ideally in corporate and finance law.
• Experience managing deals with strong analytical skills.
• Comfortable with ambiguity in a collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex contracts to identify interdependencies.
• Collaborate with product managers to refine legal features.
• Evaluate product outputs for accuracy and legal compliance.

Skills

Legal tech innovation

Understanding of corporate and finance law

Analytical skills

Risk evaluation

Education

5-6 years PQE

Experience at a top-tier law firm

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 guide 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 insights on how changes to clauses affect the structure and intent of documents.
• Evaluate outputs from product features and give feedback on accuracy and completeness.
• Support the design of innovative tools for contract editing and risk flagging.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• 5–6 years PQE, ideally from a top-tier law firm or in-house legal team.
• Senior Associate level with experience managing deals alongside partners.
• Strong background in corporate and finance law (M&A, lending, credit facilities, etc.).
• Ability to understand and explain the effects of structural changes (e.g., removing a revolving facility or a letter of credit).
• Curious, proactive, and interested in legal tech innovation.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and in collaborative, non-hierarchical environments.
• Experience working with sample/test contracts to shape legal tech products.
• Bonus: IP familiarity is useful but not essential; focus is on transactional experience.

Work Structure & Flexibility:

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

About Elevate:

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

ElevateFlex is our flexible resourcing platform, supporting a new flexible legal career model. We connect top legal talent with client needs through a 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 extraordinary outcomes together.

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. As The Law Company, we believe a diverse, inclusive culture attracts and retains top talent, fosters innovation, and is good business. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and help us transform the legal industry.