Complex Transaction Lawyer

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

Job summary

An innovative legal tech company seeks experienced lawyers to enhance AI-driven contract analysis tools. You will collaborate with the product team to identify interdependencies within contracts and evaluate features. This remote role offers flexibility and the chance to shape the future of legal technology.

Qualifications

• 5-6 years PQE from a top-tier law firm or in-house.
• Strong background in M&A, lending, and credit facilities.
• Experience with sample/test contracts in legal tech.

Responsibilities

• Analyze complex contracts to identify interdependencies.
• Collaborate to refine legal features in product development.
• Evaluate product functionality and provide feedback.

Skills

Corporate Law

Finance Law

Contract Analysis

Collaborative Work

Education

Qualified Lawyer (5-6 years PQE)

Experience with IP (bonus)

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 ~100 employees strong, is building AI-driven products designed to help legal teams edit complex contracts and understand their downstream impact immediately. 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’”).
• Contribute legal insights into how changes to clauses affect the structure and intent of full documents.
• Evaluate outputs from existing product features and provide 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 highly 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 worldwide. Headquartered in Los Angeles, our team of over 1,600 legal professionals, including lawyers, consultants, project managers, and engineers, operate across the United States, Europe, UK, Asia, Hong Kong, and Australia.

ElevateFlex, our flexible resourcing capability, defines and supports a new flexible career within the legal industry. We match exceptional legal professionals to the evolving needs of our clients through a curated global community of talent and advanced, technology-enabled search. We are proud to have been assessed in Band 1 of Chamber’s Global Flexible Legal Resourcing category.

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

ElevateFlex values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We believe a diverse, inclusive work culture is key to attracting, retaining, and celebrating the industry’s most talented people. We empower our employees to bring their whole selves to work, knowing that diversity of experience and perspective drives innovation and is good business.

As a proponent of diversity, ElevateFlex is committed to hiring candidates from all backgrounds. We invite you to apply and help us change the legal landscape and make a meaningful impact in the legal universe.