Legal Specialist

Scissero • New York, NY

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Scissero is an AI-enhanced legal services company built for financial institutions, combining expert legal support with intelligent automation. They are a diverse and globally distributed team of lawyers, engineers, and innovators. The company culture values collaboration, inclusivity, and flexibility. This role is located in New York and operates from 9am to 6pm (ET/EST).

Requirements

• Law degree (LLB or equivalent).
• 1-3 years of experience in transactional legal work, contract review, or similar high-volume legal environments.
• Experience reviewing NDAs and/or similar transactional agreements.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing consistently high-quality work.
• Strong ownership mindset and accountability for work product.
• Ability to operate effectively in high-volume, deadline-driven environments.
• Excellent organisational and time management skills.
• Collaborative approach and ability to work effectively as part of a global team.
• Professionalism and clear communication.
• Interest in legal technology, innovation, and developing legal operations skills.

Nice To Haves

• 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 working with structured playbooks or standardised legal frameworks.
• Prior experience in an operations role with a demonstrated interest in developing and expanding these skills further would be beneficial, although not essential.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate NDAs and ancillary transaction documents across private equity, M&A, and financing transactions.
• Undertake a planned 12-month secondment with a leading global alternative asset manager following an initial onboarding period within Scissero’s Managed Services team.
• 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.
• Manage your own workflow and document queue, prioritizing effectively to meet defined turnaround times and service levels.
• Support live deal execution across multiple concurrent transactions in fast-paced environments.
• Work directly with internal stakeholders to maintain operational efficiency and service excellence.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of internal processes and delivery workflows.
• Use proprietary AI tools to accelerate document review and enhance accuracy and consistency.
• Maintain full oversight of legal output, ensuring all deliverables meet client and internal quality standards.
• Provide structured feedback to product and engineering teams to support ongoing platform improvement.
• Work within an AI-native legal delivery model that combines legal expertise with technology.

Benefits

• Hybrid and remote working options, with the ability to request to work from other countries (upon request)
• Paid Sick Leave: 7 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: 25 days annual leave, plus public holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level