Corporate Lawyer - Capital Markets

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor, in collaboration with a leading legal AI company, is seeking experienced corporate, capital markets and venture lawyers to serve as expert reviewers. You will read a realistic legal matter, review six blinded AI deliverables (A–F), and record your preferences with written reasoning.

You will produce concise rationales for each choice and work independently to written instructions and a deadline under NDA; external tools must not be used.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with substantial practice in corporate, capital markets or venture law.
• Able to judge work product holistically — correctness, completeness, judgment, usefulness.
• Precise written English.
• Able to work independently to written instructions and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Read a synthetic legal matter and its underlying documents.
• Review six blinded AI deliverables (A–F) for the matter.
• Make five head-to-head comparisons against a common comparator output.
• Write a short, specific rationale for every preference.

Skills

Corporate law

Capital markets

Venture law

Education

Qualified lawyer with substantive practice in corporate/capital markets/venture

Job description

Mercor is partnering with a leading legal AI company on a blinded human-preference study. We are hiring experienced corporate, capital markets and venture lawyers to serve as expert reviewers — reading a realistic legal matter, reviewing six AI-generated work products for it, and recording which they prefer with written reasoning.

What you'll do

• Read a synthetic legal matter and its underlying documents
• Review six blinded AI deliverables (labelled A–F) for that matter
• Make five head-to-head comparisons against a common comparator output
• Write a short, specific rationale for every preference

Practice scope

Acqui-hire merger review, seller disclosure schedules, Rule 144A/Reg S closing opinions, and Series B venture financing opinions.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with substantive practice experience in the areas above
• Able to judge work product holistically — correctness, completeness, judgment, usefulness
• Precise written English
• Able to work independently to written instructions and a deadline

Logistics

• Commitment: ~24 hours across the engagement
• Confidentiality: all work is covered by NDA. External AI tools must not be used on any project material.