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Legal Expert (Corporate & M&A)

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Role Title: Legal Expert (Corporate & M&A)

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

The company is engaging Legal Experts (Corporate & M&A) to contribute expertise to a customer’s project focused on legal data annotation within M&A, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and securities regulation. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters. This is a unique opportunity for US-based corporate and M&A lawyers to create, review, and refine tasks directly related to deal structuring, due diligence, governance, contracts, and securities law compliance.

Scope of Work

  1. Develop, review, and enhance legal data annotation tasks covering M&A transaction structuring, corporate governance, due diligence, contracts, and securities law.
  2. Analyze and draft complex commercial contract scenarios to ensure accuracy in annotation and data labeling.
  3. Evaluate and synthesize corporate documentation to create reliable training datasets for AI models.
  4. Provide detailed written feedback on legal tasks, ensuring clarity, compliance, and instructional accuracy.
  5. Collaborate with project stakeholders to resolve ambiguities in legal concepts and annotate accordingly.
  6. Generate best-practice guidelines and quality assurance checks for legal data annotation workflows.
  7. Stay abreast of US corporate and M&A legal developments, integrating relevant insights into annotation guidance.

Preferred Qualifications

  1. Active license to practice law in the United States, with a focus on corporate law and M&A transactions.
  2. 5+ years’ experience advising on or structuring M&A transactions, corporate due diligence, or commercial contracts.
  3. Deep knowledge of US securities law, compliance frameworks, and governance requirements.
  4. Demonstrated skill in drafting and reviewing a wide variety of corporate and transactional documents.
  5. Exceptional written and verbal communication abilities, including clear annotation and documentation skills.
  6. Prior involvement in legal technology, legal research, or data-driven legal projects is a plus.
  7. Detail-oriented, analytical mindset with a commitment to accuracy and best practices in legal data work.

Skills

  • Corporate Governance
  • Securities law
  • M&A Transaction Structuring
  • Corporate Due Diligence
  • Commercial Contract Drafting

This role at a glance

At $80–$130/hr, the Legal Expert (Corporate & M&A) role comes to about $6,930–$11,270 a month for 20 hours a week, or $13,870–$22,530 a month full time — roughly $166,000–$270,000 over a full year. These are estimates before tax; contract roles are paid for the hours you work. It was posted 3 days ago. Legal roles listed on RemoteJobsOne have stayed open a median of 57 days before closing, counted over the 71 that have closed so far.

  • 20 hours a week

    $6,930–$11,270

    a month, before tax

  • Full time

    $13,870–$22,530

    a month at 40 hours a week

  • A full year

    $166,000–$270,000

    full time, 52 weeks

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How this pay compares

This role pays $80–$130/hr. Across the 45 hourly legal roles open on RemoteJobsOne right now, the median runs from $80 to $150 an hour, and published rates range from $25 to $400. Its top rate of $130 sits within the category's median range.

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$80–$130/hr

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$80–$150/hr · full spread $25 to $400

Questions about this role

  1. How much does the Legal Expert (Corporate & M&A) role pay?

    It pays $80–$130/hr, which is about $13,870–$22,530 a month full time before tax. The rate is set by the employer and shown exactly as published.

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  2. Is this Legal Expert (Corporate & M&A) job fully remote?

    Yes. It is listed as a fully remote role, with the posting naming Global. You work from home, on your own equipment.

  3. Is it full-time, part-time or contract work?

    It is a contract role: you are paid for the hours you work, and you choose how many to take on within what the employer needs.

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  4. What skills does the Legal Expert (Corporate & M&A) role ask for?

    The posting asks for Corporate Governance, Securities law, M&A Transaction Structuring, Corporate Due Diligence and Commercial Contract Drafting. Naming them clearly in your application helps.

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