Remote Philippine Legal SME for AI Data & Regulation

TransPerfect; Philippines; Remote; PHP 1,339,000 - 2,009,000; Part time

Job summary

DataForce by TransPerfect in the Philippines is seeking experienced Legal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support AI training and model development. This 3-month freelance engagement offers flexible hours and remote work, requiring strong Philippine law knowledge and English proficiency.

You will oversee domain matters, perform legal research, validate data, and assist in drafting and evaluating contractual and regulatory materials for AI applications.

Qualifications

• Licensed Attorney, JD/LL.M. graduate, Senior Legal Researcher, or experienced Paralegal with strong knowledge of Philippine law.
• Minimum 3+ years of relevant legal practice, research, drafting, or advisory experience.
• Strong understanding of Philippine corporate law, commercial contracts, Labour Code requirements, taxation, and regulatory matters.
• Excellent legal research, statutory interpretation, citation verification, and document drafting skills.
• Strong written English.
• Familiarity with legal databases, regulatory research platforms, and legal technology tools.
• Familiarity with Generative AI, prompt engineering, or AI data annotation is a plus.
• Awareness of responsible and ethical AI practices.

Responsibilities

• Domain Oversight: Serve as a legal expert on matters involving Philippine corporate, commercial, labour, tax, and regulatory law.
• Legal Research: Research and analyze Philippine statutes, regulations, jurisprudence, administrative guidance, and legal precedents.
• Data Validation: Review, annotate, and validate legal datasets, including contracts, legal opinions, regulatory materials, and statutory interpretations.
• Contract Analysis: Evaluate commercial agreements, corporate documentation, employment-related materials, and regulatory documents.
• Prompt Engineering & Strategy: Support AI teams in designing prompts and evaluation criteria for legal reasoning and drafting tasks.
• Model Audit: Review AI-generated legal responses and identify inaccurate citations, incorrect interpretations, hallucinations, or incomplete reasoning.
• Legal Drafting: Create or evaluate legal summaries, memoranda, contract clauses, and structured legal analyses.
• Regulatory Awareness: Monitor relevant developments affecting Philippine corporate, labour, tax, and commercial regulation.

Skills

Legal research

Analytical skills

English writing

Statutory interpretation

Document drafting

Education

JD/LL.M. graduate

Tools

Legal databases

Regulatory research platforms

Legal technology tools

Job description

DataForce by TransPerfect in the Philippines is seeking experienced Legal Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to support AI training and model development. This 3-month freelance engagement offers flexible hours and remote work, requiring strong Philippine law knowledge and English proficiency.

You will oversee domain matters, perform legal research, validate data, and assist in drafting and evaluating contractual and regulatory materials for AI applications.