General Legal, Inc. Senior Commercial Counsel Remote · Full time Company website

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General Legal is an AI-native law firm built to deliver high-quality commercial contract work faster and more predictably than traditional firms. We combine experienced, U.S.-barred attorneys with AI-native workflows to handle drafting, review, and negotiation end to end—without billable hours, bloated process, or junior handoffs. We operate like a startup because we are one. That means modern tooling, outcome-based pricing, remote-friendly work, and meaningful ownership for the people doing the work. By using AI to make the routine parts of contracting effortless, we give our attorneys the space to focus on judgment, negotiation, and advising clients on what actually matters. We’re starting with commercial contracts for growing companies and building a modern law firm where great lawyers can do their best work—and help reshape how legal services are delivered.

General Legal is seeking a senior attorney with significant commercial contracts experience to review, mark up, and negotiate a high volume of commercial agreements. Attorney will be responsible for exercising independent legal judgment, refining markups, and ensuring accuracy, risk alignment, and deal intent of contract mark-ups while working hand in hand with cutting edge AI tools. Attorney should be enthusiastic about leveraging AI to efficiently generate high quality legal work product.

Responsibilities

• Review and mark up commercial contracts, including NDAs, MSAs, SOWs, POs, Sales/Distribution Agreements, SaaS Agreements and More
• Apply consistent legal judgment, and client context (playbooks, past dealings, matter specific guidance, etc) to AI-assisted first drafts of contracts and mark ups and identify gaps, risks, and negotiation opportunities
• Collaborate with founders on how to best integrate AI into attorney work flow
• Design AI-first workflows to streamline attorney process

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience drafting and marking up broad range commercial contracts
• Specific, hands-on experience with a wide range of MSAs across markets and industries
• Detail-oriented; can maintain intense focus over sustained review sessions
• Strong written judgment and comfort working in a technology-forward legal environment
• Admitted to Bar to at least one US state
• Eligible to work in US

Nice-to-haves

• Admitted to TX, NY, FL, or IL state Bars
• Technical or engineering degree/experience

Perks

• Fully remote
• Flexible hours
• Competitive compensation, great health and retirement benefits
• Equity included in pay package
• Opportunity to shape the future of AI in legal and deliver better legal service to clients