Commercial Contracts Attorney for AI Training

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain AI is the hiring and contracting organization for this role. OpenTrain is the leading platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling, helping professionals discover projects, build an AI training profile, and apply in minutes.

This opportunity lets experienced legal professionals apply practical contract judgment to emerging AI systems while working as a flexible contractor.

• Worldwide opportunity
• Contractor and part-time engagement
• 20+ hours per week
• English-language work
• Pay of $90-$100 per hour

About AI Training Work

AI training is the human side of building artificial intelligence. Experts review documents, evaluate model outputs, explain their reasoning, and create structured examples that help AI systems become more accurate and useful.

In legal AI training, your analysis can help models recognize important provisions, distinguish material transaction risks from boilerplate, and produce clearer support for deal professionals.

• Apply professional expertise to real-world AI development
• Review and evaluate model-relevant legal content
• Provide clear written rationales for AI system improvement
• Work in a rapidly growing technology field

The Role

OpenTrain is seeking a Commercial Contracts Attorney focused on M&A diligence and AI-assisted legal tool training. You will review commercial agreements, annotate key provisions, distinguish material contract risk from boilerplate, and provide concise written analysis for transaction and deal workflows.

The work includes practical legal judgment applied to commercial leases and related contract types, as well as realistic M&A transaction scenarios. The structured project data lists this opportunity as entry level, but the role requirements call for substantial commercial contracts and diligence experience.

• Role: Commercial Contracts Attorney
• Focus: Commercial contract review and M&A diligence
• Work type: Document review, classification, evaluation, and summarization
• Schedule: 20+ hours per week
• Rate: $90-$100 per hour

What You'll Do

You will perform detailed contract analysis and translate practical legal judgment into structured feedback for AI systems used by transaction and deal teams.

• Review complex commercial agreements in M&A diligence workflows
• Assess and annotate change-of-control, assignment, termination, exclusivity, MFN, indemnification, and renewal provisions
• Differentiate material contract risks from standard boilerplate
• Explain legal reasoning clearly in structured written feedback
• Evaluate the severity of issues in realistic M&A transactions
• Apply practical judgment to commercial lease agreements and related contract types
• Support AI systems used by transaction and deal professionals

Requirements

Applicants should bring substantial experience with commercial contracts and transaction-focused diligence. The work requires careful legal analysis, familiarity with virtual data rooms, and the ability to communicate risk clearly and concisely.

• 5+ years of commercial contract drafting, negotiation, or diligence review experience
• Extensive experience reviewing contracts in virtual data rooms during live M&A transactions
• Strong familiarity with change-of-control, assignment, and termination mechanics
• Experience conducting or managing diligence at a major firm or in managed review
• JD and active bar membership, or an equivalent legal qualification
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to identify material legal risk and distinguish it from boilerplate
• Familiarity with exclusivity, MFN, indemnification, and renewal provisions

Preferred Background

The following experience is preferred and can help you succeed in structured legal review and AI training work.

• Exposure to SaaS or technology commercial agreements
• Experience using contract analytics tools
• Experience with commercial contract annotation
• Ability to explain complex legal risk through concise written analysis
• Strong attention to detail in structured review work
• Practical judgment in transaction-focused legal analysis

How the Engagement Works

This is a worldwide, part-time contractor opportunity requiring at least 20 hours per week. Work is conducted in English and centers on document-based legal analysis, evaluation, and written summarization.

Create a free OpenTrain account to build your profile and apply. If selected, you will use your commercial contracts expertise to help shape AI tools for practical transaction and diligence use cases.

• Engagement type: Contractor
• Work arrangement: Part time
• Location: Worldwide
• Minimum commitment: 20+ hours per week
• Language: English
• Payment model: Hourly
• Hourly range: $90-$100 USD