Commercial Counsel Expert

Ethos; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 162,000; Part time

Job summary

Ethos is seeking an experienced commercial counsel for remote, part-time work to review and negotiate commercial agreements and refine AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks. The role emphasizes precise drafting and attention to detail.

Requires 4+ years of experience in contract review, redlining ownership, and excellence in document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship. Flexible 5–20 hours per week, fully remote.

Qualifications

• 4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
• Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
• Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements and refining AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks
• Handle contract redlines, due-diligence memos, clause-risk analyses, NDA and vendor-review, and renewal trackers

Skills

4+ years as a transactional attorney

Direct ownership of redlining

Expert-level document craftsmanship

Job description

Pay

$100/hr
The rate in the listing.
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From the Ethos listing, checked Nov 4.
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How Ethos hiring works
Your application is a 10-minute call.
Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career, then matches you to projects like Commercial Counsel. Keep your CV open and cover these:
4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication
Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication
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About this role
From the Ethos listing
About This Opportunity
We're working with a leading foundational AI lab to find experienced commercial counsel who can help train their latest language model on professional document, spreadsheet, and slide deck tasks.
We're looking for commercial counsel with 4+ years reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements to create, evaluate, and refine AI-generated documents, spreadsheets, and slide decks across core workflows: commercial contract redlines, due-diligence issue lists and memos, clause-risk analyses, NDA and vendor-agreement review, negotiation position summaries, and obligation and renewal trackers.

Compensation

$100/hour
Commitment:
Flexible, 5-20 hours per week (or more if desired)
Location:
Fully remote, work on your own schedule
Start date:
ASAP

Qualifications

4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements
Direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts
Expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail
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Common questions
Is Ethos regular AI training work like rating chatbot responses?
No. Ethos is an expert network. AI labs, investment funds and large companies pay for your domain knowledge (deal analysis, clinical reasoning, legal logic, financial modeling) in three formats: multi-week consulting engagements, 30 to 60 minute advisory calls, and research surveys. Listings like this one are the AI-lab engagements, where you write or review expert material for a model.
Do I need to keep applying for projects on Ethos?
No. When your profile is live, Ethos matches you to new projects from your career history, so companies find you. Each finished project raises your Expert Score, which brings you better-paid work.
How many hours a week is this Commercial Counsel work?
Between 5 and 20 hours a week. At $100/hr that is $500 to $2,000 a week. You set your own hours.
What experience does this Commercial Counsel listing ask for?
The listing asks for 4+ years as a transactional attorney or contracts manager reviewing commercial agreements; direct ownership of redlining, negotiating, or diligence-reviewing contracts; and expert-level document, spreadsheet, and slide craftsmanship, with excellent written communication and attention to detail. Ethos's interviewer builds your profile from your CV, so have the roles that show this ready to talk through.
How much does this specific role pay?
This listing is posted at $100/hr, an hourly rate. Pay can change after we check the listing, so confirm the rate on the platform's application page.
What happens when I click Apply on this listing?
The link opens Ethos's sign-up. There is no form for this listing: Ethos's AI interviewer asks about your career in a 5 to 15 minute call, builds your profile from it, and then matches you to projects like this one. Keep your CV open and cover the experience the Qualifications above ask for.
Who built Ethos and is it legitimate?
Yes. Ethos was founded in London in 2024 by James Lo (McKinsey, SoftBank Vision Fund) and Daniel Mankowitz (Google DeepMind research scientist and lead author of AlphaDev). It raised a $22.75M Series A led by a16z in May 2026, with General Catalyst and XTX Markets participating, and works with AI labs, private equity firms, hedge funds and consultancies. The link on this page is an affiliate link; it doesn't affect your pay or the projects you're offered.