Regulatory Attorney - Fully Remote | Upto $100/hr

mercor; Portugal; Remote; EUR 111,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor seeks a Regulatory Law Expert for a remote contract role. The candidate will design regulatory compliance program scenarios, handle investigations and enforcement actions, and develop reference filings and memoranda.

Requirements include 5+ years as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel, direct ownership of regulatory programs, and a JD with bar admission (US) or international equivalent preferred.

Qualifications

• 5+ years as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs or enforcement matters.
• JD with bar admission (US) or international equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design regulatory compliance program scenarios spanning investigations and enforcement actions.
• Develop rubrics to distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from exam recall.
• Create reference memoranda, filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Work with regulatory tooling and understand administrative rulemaking processes.
• Coordinate across US and international regulatory frameworks (APA, EU directives).

Skills

Regulatory expertise

Legal research

Regulatory tooling

Education

JD with bar admission

Tools

Regulatory tracking platforms

Job description

About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Regulatory Law Expert | Type: Contract | Compensation: $90–$100/hour | Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Construct scenarios spanning regulatory compliance program design, agency investigations, and enforcement actions.
• Build tasks across financial services regulation , healthcare and FDA regulation , antitrust and competition law , data privacy and cybersecurity regulation , and environmental and energy regulation .
• Develop scenarios involving tools such as regulatory tracking platforms, compliance management systems, and agency filing systems used across regulated industries.
• Apply regulatory law methodologies to the standards track a world targets (US: Administrative Procedure Act , agency-specific statutes and regulations; International: EU regulations and directives, UK regulatory frameworks ), and produce reference compliance memoranda, regulatory filings, and enforcement response documents.
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic regulatory judgment from generic law school or bar exam‑level recall.

Qualifications Must‑Have

• 5+ years working as a regulatory attorney or compliance counsel at a major law firm, regulated company, or government agency.
• Direct ownership of regulatory compliance programs, agency interactions, or enforcement matters.
• Fluency in regulatory tooling, plus understanding of how administrative process and agency rulemaking actually work.
• A recognized professional credential is strongly preferred ( JD with bar admission , or an international equivalent).

Preferred

• Prior rubric, training, or compliance documentation authorship is a plus.