Complex Transaction Lawyer

JR United Kingdom; Cheltenham; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative legal tech company seeks experienced lawyers to develop AI-driven contract analysis tools. This role involves close collaboration with product teams to enhance legal intelligence features, analyze complex contracts, and shape the future of legal tech. Candidates should possess 5-6 years PQE with strong corporate and finance law backgrounds, and an enthusiasm for emerging technologies.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Project-based work structure

Option for hourly billing

Qualifications

• Strong background in M&A, lending, and credit facilities.
• Experience at a top-tier law firm or in-house legal team.
• Ability to analyze structural changes in contracts.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex contracts to identify interdependencies.
• Collaborate with product teams to refine legal features.
• Provide feedback on product accuracy and functionality.

Skills

Corporate Law

Finance Law

Contract Analysis

Legal Insight

Collaboration

Education

Qualified solicitor (5–6 years PQE)

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 around 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 directly 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 flagging.

Ideal Candidate Profile:

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

Work Structure & Flexibility:

• Remote and project-based (flexible hours and structure).
• Open to hourly billing or other engagement models depending on mutual fit.
• Initial scope will 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, lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers operate across the US, Europe, UK, Asia, Hong Kong, and Australia.

ElevateFlex, our flexible resourcing capability, supports a new flexible career within the legal industry by matching exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our clients 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, inclusive work culture attracts and retains top talent, fosters innovation, and drives good business. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply and join us in changing the legal landscape.