Description

Legal Expert – Finance & Real Estate

Position: Legal Expert – Finance & Real Estate

Type: Hourly Contract

Compensation: $100–$120/hour

Location: Remote

About the Opportunity

Mercor is partnering with a leading legal AI company on a blinded human-preference study and is seeking experienced finance and real estate lawyers to serve as expert reviewers.

You will review a realistic synthetic legal matter and evaluate multiple AI-generated legal work products. Your expertise will help determine which outputs demonstrate the strongest legal accuracy, completeness, judgment, usefulness, and overall professional quality.

Responsibilities

  • Review a synthetic legal matter and its underlying documents.
  • Evaluate six blinded AI-generated work products, labeled A–F.
  • Conduct head-to-head comparisons between AI deliverables and a common comparator.
  • Assess legal work products for correctness, completeness, judgment, and practical usefulness.
  • Identify meaningful differences in the quality and effectiveness of competing AI-generated outputs.
  • Apply substantive expertise in finance and real estate law to evaluate legal reasoning and drafting.
  • Provide a short, specific written rationale explaining each preference.
  • Follow project instructions and evaluation criteria consistently.
  • Work independently while meeting the engagement’s required deadline.

Required Qualifications

  • Qualified lawyer with substantive professional experience in relevant finance and real estate legal matters.
  • Experience with one or more of the specified practice areas:
  • Senior secured credit facility markup review
  • Project finance credit agreements
  • RMBS closing exception review
  • Tenant-favourable commercial leases
  • Mixed-use development agreements
  • Strong ability to evaluate legal work product holistically.
  • Excellent understanding of legal correctness, completeness, judgment, and practical usefulness.
  • Precise and professional written English.
  • Strong analytical and critical-review skills.
  • Ability to work independently from written instructions and meet deadlines.
  • Strong attention to detail when reviewing complex legal documents.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Significant experience in finance, structured finance, project finance, or real estate transactions.
  • Experience reviewing and negotiating credit agreements and commercial leases.
  • Experience with RMBS transactions and closing documentation.
  • Strong transactional legal drafting and document-review experience.
  • Experience evaluating or comparing AI-generated legal work products.
  • Previous experience with legal technology or AI-assisted legal workflows.

Compensation

  • $100–$120/hour
  • Hourly contract engagement.
  • Fully remote opportunity.
  • Approximately 30 hours across the engagement.
  • Opportunity to contribute expert legal judgment to a legal AI evaluation study.

Eligibility

  • Qualified lawyers with substantive experience in the specified finance and real estate practice areas.
  • Candidates must be able to independently evaluate complex legal work products and provide clear written reasoning.
  • All project materials are subject to confidentiality requirements and an NDA.
  • External AI tools must not be used on project materials.

Application Process

  • Apply for the Legal Expert – Finance & Real Estate position.
  • Complete the required screening process.
  • Demonstrate relevant finance and/or real estate legal experience.
  • Complete any required project assessment or reviewer qualification.
  • Complete the required NDA and onboarding if selected.
  • Review the assigned legal matter and AI-generated work products and provide structured preference judgments.