Senior Legal Specialist
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Join Scissero – The Law Firm of the Future
About Us
Scissero is an AI-enhanced legal services company built for financial institutions. We combine expert legal support with intelligent automation, transforming how transactional law is delivered.
We’re not a traditional law firm. We are a diverse and globally distributed team of lawyers, engineers, and innovators working across the U.S, EMEA, and APAC. We believe technology augments, not replaces legal expertise. Our culture values collaboration, inclusivity, and flexibility.
Position Overview
As a Senior Legal Specialist, you will work directly on live private equity, M&A, and financing transactions for leading global investment firms, asset managers, and corporates.
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. In addition, you will review the work of junior team members and assist with their professional development and ongoing training.
This role sits at the core of our legal delivery team, supporting fast-moving, high-value transactions where precision, responsiveness, and reliability are critical. You will work closely with colleagues across our global legal team to deliver seamless support across concurrent deals, collaborating to maintain exceptional standards of quality and consistency.
You will also partner with our product and engineering teams, helping refine and improve the AI tools that underpin our delivery model.
This is an opportunity to build elite transactional legal experience while working at the forefront of AI-enabled legal services, supporting sophisticated clients on complex, real-world transactions.
Working hours: 9-6 pm GMT
Key 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 client positions.
- Identify deviations from playbook positions and implement appropriate fallback language in line with client guidance.
- Review the work of junior team members and assist with their professional development and ongoing training.
- 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 environment.
- Collaborate closely with colleagues across our global legal team to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
- Work directly with internal stakeholders to maintain operational efficiency and service excellence.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of internal processes and delivery of workflows.
Experience Required:
- 3+ years of experience in transactional legal work, contract review, or similar high-volume legal environments.
- Experience supporting private equity, M&A, capital markets, or financing transactions.
- Experience at legal tech firms, law firms, ALSPs, Big 4 legal teams, or in-house legal departments.
- Experience reviewing NDAs and/or similar transactional agreements.
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- You enjoy working within clearly defined rules and guidance, with a 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 Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, with a desire to innovate within the legal industry.
Why Join Us?
- Gain valuable experience at the forefront of AI-enhanced legal services.
- Work with a diverse and innovative global client base, including leading financial institutions.
- Opportunity for professional growth and development in a tech-enabled environment.
- Join a dynamic, enthusiastic, and diverse team committed to collaboration and excellence.
- Learn from experienced professionals across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions.
Global Benefits
- Hybrid and remote working options, with the ability to work from other countries (upon request)
- Paid Sick Leave days per year to recover or care for family.
- Confidential Support: Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offering mental health and wellbeing support.
- Professional Development: 7 days per year of paid study leave annually for exams and structured learning.
- Annual Bonus: Discretionary and performance-based.
- Generous Paid Time Off: Annual leave + bank holidays
At Scissero, you’ll be part of a scale-up blending law and technology to create meaningful impact. If you’re excited about redefining the future of legal services with AI, apply now to join our team.
Inclusivity
At Scissero, we value diversity in all its forms and believe that varied perspectives make us stronger. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.