Corporate/M&A; Lawyer (Australia)

Job Type: Independent Contractor

Location: Remote — Australia

Compensation: $100–$120/hour (approximately $208,000–$249,600 annualized, based on 40 hours/week)

Eligible Country

Australia

About the Opportunity

We are seeking experienced Corporate/M&A; Lawyers to help evaluate how effectively advanced AI systems answer real-world questions involving Australian law.

You will serve as an expert legal reviewer, comparing responses generated by two AI platforms and evaluating their accuracy, legal reasoning, relevance, and completeness against a standardized rubric.

This opportunity is designed for practitioners with strong knowledge of Australian corporate and commercial law and practical experience in corporate, M&A;, or transactional matters.

What You'll Do

- Run the same legal prompts across two AI platforms.

- Compare AI-generated responses side by side.

- Evaluate the accuracy, relevance, completeness, and legal reasoning of each response.

- Score each response against a standardized rubric.

- Provide concise, evidence-based written feedback for every evaluation.

- Apply your professional legal judgment consistently across assigned tasks.

Requirements

- 2+ years of law-firm experience in corporate, M&A;, or transactional practice; 3+ years preferred.

- Current in-house lawyers may qualify only if they moved in-house within the past 2 years and previously practiced at a law firm.

- Qualified to practise law in Australia,



with strong knowledge of Australian corporate and commercial law.

- Native or fluent English, with precise written communication skills.

- Strong analytical and legal reasoning abilities.

- Ability to distinguish accurate legal analysis from flawed, incomplete, or unsupported responses.

- Ability to work independently against a defined rubric and meet deadlines.

Project Details

- Initial commitment: Approximately 10 hours, with strong potential for additional work.

- Work arrangement: Fully remote with flexible scheduling.

- Confidentiality: All project work is covered by an NDA.

- Independent contractor engagement.

- Payments are made weekly based on services rendered.

- Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on project requirements and performance.

- H-1B and STEM OPT candidates are not currently supported.

Why Join

- Apply your Australian corporate and M&A; expertise to the evaluation of advanced legal AI.

- Help assess how AI systems reason about real-world Australian corporate and commercial law.

- Contribute specialist legal judgment to improve the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated legal analysis.

- Work at the intersection of corporate law and frontier AI.

Ideal Candidate: An Australia-qualified corporate, M&A;, or transactional lawyer with strong law-firm experience, excellent legal communication skills, and the skilled judgment to rigorously evaluate AI-generated legal analysis.

Skills

- Law

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