[Remote] Remote | UK-Based US Finance Legal Consultant — $120–$180/hour
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. 24-MAG is offering a specialized part-time consulting opportunity for UK-based legal professionals experienced in US finance. The role involves creating and reviewing legal scenarios related to private equity transactions, cross-border M&A, and complex deal workflows, ensuring accuracy and commercial realism in legal evaluations.
Responsibilities
- Create realistic legal scenarios involving private equity transactions, cross-border M&A, leveraged buyouts, fund formation, regulatory filings, and deal structuring
- Develop scenario materials that reflect how sophisticated international finance transactions are structured and reviewed
- Simulate realistic legal workflows involving partner-led teams across PE, M&A, and debt financing matters
- Ensure legal scenarios are commercially realistic, technically accurate, and appropriate for structured evaluation
- Review legal outputs involving transaction structure, finance terms, deal strategy, regulatory considerations, and cross-border execution issues
- Assess whether legal reasoning aligns with established professional and commercial standards
- Identify gaps in analysis, weak assumptions, incomplete issue spotting, or commercially impractical conclusions
- Apply practitioner-level judgment to evaluate complex finance and transactional legal materials
- Create and review high-quality legal evaluation materials
- Apply structured rubrics and project-specific criteria to assess legal reasoning and response quality
- Provide clear written feedback explaining legal strengths, weaknesses, and improvement areas
- Maintain accuracy, consistency, and professional judgment across submitted legal review work
Skills
- Current location in the United Kingdom
- Experience as an associate, senior associate, counsel, partner, or comparable legal professional
- Strong private equity, cross-border M&A, leveraged finance, fund formation, or international finance transaction experience
- Background at a leading US or international law firm with UK presence, or comparable high-end transactional legal environment
- Strong understanding of how international finance deals operate across PE, M&A, and debt financing workstreams
- Excellent written communication skills and high attention to detail
- Ability to work independently in a remote, project-based environment
- Legal education, bar qualification, solicitor qualification, J.D., LL.B., LL.M., or equivalent professional legal training may be relevant depending on background and project scope
- Professional experience in private equity, M&A, leveraged finance, fund formation, regulatory filings, or cross-border transactional practice is highly relevant
- Experience at a leading law firm, in-house legal team, or sophisticated finance legal practice may be especially valuable
- US bar qualification or US finance transaction experience as a strong plus
- Experience with private equity deal structuring, leveraged buyouts, acquisition finance, debt financing, or sponsor-side transactions
- Cross-border M&A experience involving US legal frameworks or US-style transaction documentation
- Fund formation, regulatory filing, or investment management exposure
- Experience reviewing complex transaction documents, legal memos, deal checklists, or negotiation materials
- Availability for approximately 40 hours per week depending on project needs
Benefits
- Fully remote with flexible scheduling
- Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
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