Legal Specialist

About This Opportunity

We are representing a confidential legal technology organization that is transforming how transactional law is delivered to financial institutions. Our client combines expert legal support with intelligent automation, operating across the U.S., EMEA, and APAC with a globally distributed team.

As a Legal Specialist, you will work directly on live private equity, M&A, and financing transactions for leading global investment firms and asset managers. You will review, draft, and negotiate NDAs and ancillary transaction documentation in accordance with client-approved playbooks, ensuring full alignment with sponsor-side legal and commercial positions.

This role leverages proprietary AI-enabled platforms to assist with document review, deviation identification, and playbook application. You will maintain full ownership and accountability for final output while utilizing technology to enhance speed, consistency, and accuracy. Working hours are 9am-6pm GMT in the United Kingdom.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate NDAs and ancillary transaction documents across private equity, M&A, and financing transactions
• Apply client-specific playbooks and structured frameworks to ensure alignment with agreed positions
• Identify deviations from playbook positions and implement appropriate fallback language in line with client guidance
• Manage your own workflow and document queue, prioritising effectively to meet defined turnaround times and service levels
• Support live deal execution across multiple concurrent transactions in fast-paced environments
• Collaborate closely with colleagues across the global legal team to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery
• Work directly with internal stakeholders to maintain operational efficiency and service excellence
• Contribute to continuous improvement of internal processes and delivery workflows

What We're Looking For

Required:

• LLB Degree or equivalent
• 1-3 years of experience in transactional legal work, contract review, or similar high-volume legal environments
• Experience reviewing NDAs and/or similar transactional agreements
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Strong preference for applying structured playbooks rather than navigating legal ambiguity
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Enthusiasm for new technologies, particularly AI and machine learning, with a desire to innovate within the legal industry

Preferred:

• Experience supporting private equity, M&A, capital markets, or financing transactions
• Experience at law firms, ALSPs, Big 4 legal teams, or in-house legal departments

How We Work With You

Candidates apply directly through Get A Job.ai. Our talent team will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and goals. For qualified candidates, we will submit your profile to our client for consideration. Please do not contact the client directly, as this may disqualify your application.

Pay

Pay details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruitment team.

Benefits include:

• Hybrid and remote working options, with ability to request to work from other countries
• Paid sick leave days per year
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering mental health and wellbeing support
• 7 days per year of paid study leave for exams and structured learning
• Discretionary and performance-based annual bonus
• Generous paid time off including annual leave plus public holidays

Get A Job.ai is an equal opportunity recruiter. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and are committed to creating an inclusive recruitment process.