Knowledge Attorney – Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity

Overview

The organization is seeking a Knowledge Attorney focused on Mergers & Acquisitions / Private Equity. This role will serve as the primary substantive owner of the Firm’s M&A and Private Equity forms and related drafting resources, ensuring they remain accurate, high-quality, consistent, and practically useful.

This position is based in any U.S. office (New York preferred). The Knowledge Attorney will keep forms current with legal and regulatory developments, market practice, and Firm precedent, and will develop new forms and guidance when needed. The role also includes technology-enabled review and update work, including AI-supported benchmarking and document analysis.

Responsibilities

Forms & Drafting Resources

• Serve as the primary substantive owner of the Firm’s M&A and Private Equity forms, responsible for continuing accuracy, quality, consistency, and practical usefulness.
• Conduct a systematic review of the existing collection to:
  • Identify forms that should be maintained as current Firm resources
  • Retire or archive duplicative and outdated materials
  • Prioritize the collection by use and substantive importance
• Review maintained forms against current law, legal and regulatory developments, and applicable Firm drafting standards, including consistency with related Firm forms.
• Develop new forms and related drafting resources in response to recurring practice needs, using Firm precedent, public filings, and other appropriate sources.
• Coordinate focused reviews with M&A and Private Equity lawyers and specialist practices, including Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance, tax, benefits, executive compensation, and antitrust, as required by the document.
• Manage the review cycle for maintained resources, including scheduled review dates and interim reviews prompted by significant legal, regulatory, or market developments.
• Coordinate outside Delaware counsel review of core organizational documents on a regular cycle.
• Maintain documentation of substantive review, significant drafting decisions, and the status of each item in the collection.

Legal, Regulatory & Market Currency

• Stay current on developments affecting M&A and Private Equity practice, including case law, statutory and regulatory change, transaction structures, market terms, and drafting trends.
• Assess whether developments require updates to Firm forms or related resources.
• Review Firm transactions, publicly filed transaction agreements, market studies, and other sources on a regular basis to remain current on transaction structures, deal terms, and drafting trends.
• Build working relationships across the practice so that drafting issues and developments arising in live matters are reflected in the collection.

AI-Enabled Forms & Precedent Management

• Benchmark Firm forms and drafting resources against relevant internal precedent, public filings, and evolving market practice using AI-assisted tools and structured review methods.
• Use AI-assisted analysis to identify:
  • Potentially outdated provisions
  • Inconsistencies among related forms
  • Recurring departures from Firm forms
  • Changes in market drafting
• Develop processes for identifying relevant Firm deal documents and external precedent (including public company filings) and incorporating them into benchmarking and review.
• Structure forms, precedent, and related content to support document automation, AI-assisted drafting, and other transactional tools.
• Test technology-assisted approaches to forms development and maintenance, with substantive lawyer review of proposed changes.

Related Transactional Knowledge

• Curate high-value transaction precedent and help lawyers identify useful Firm precedent and drafting resources.
• Develop checklists, drafting guidance, and other know-how closely connected to the forms collection.
• Analyze transaction terms and drafting trends where insights can improve Firm forms or other transactional resources.
• Participate in targeted training and practice discussions regarding significant changes to Firm forms and new drafting resources.
• Work with Practice Group Management, Market Intelligence, and other teams to identify and analyze relevant M&A and Private Equity matter and deal data for benchmarking, precedent analysis, and other practice needs.

Requirements

• Strong interest in legal drafting and precedent, including how customary language evolves.
• Independent judgment on drafting issues, including distinguishing material from immaterial differences and making practical recommendations to senior lawyers.
• Eagerness to use AI and other emerging legal technology as a core part of substantive legal work.
• Excellent legal research, writing, and analytical skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Comfort working through large bodies of precedent and complex legal developments and translating them into clear, usable drafting resources.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and carry long-running substantive projects through to completion.
• Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with appropriate discretion.
• Ability to build trusted working relationships with partners, practicing lawyers, specialists, technologists, and other members of the Knowledge Management & AI Group.

Experience

• A J.D., Bachelor of Laws, or equivalent with strong academic credentials.
• Must be admitted to practice and in good standing in the state where they will be based.
• At least seven years of significant M&A and/or Private Equity experience, with substantial experience drafting and negotiating transaction documents.
• Experience across public M&A, private M&A, and Private Equity transactions is strongly preferred.
• Prior experience with AI-assisted legal analysis, knowledge systems, or document automation is strongly preferred.
• Prior knowledge management experience is helpful but not required; substantive transactional experience and drafting judgment matter more.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong experience with AI-assisted legal analysis, knowledge systems, or document automation.
• Prior knowledge management experience.
• Experience spanning public M&A, private M&A, and Private Equity transactions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual compensation range: $250,000 - $300,000.
• Salary offered within this range will depend upon qualifications and other operational considerations.
• Benefits include:
  • Health care
  • Retirement benefits
  • Paid days off, including sick time, and vacation time
  • Parental leave
  • Basic life insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Discretionary, performance-based bonuses

Location

• Based in any U.S. office (New York preferred).

Application Details

• The application window closes on Monday, January 25, 2026.
• #LI-Remote

EEO / Accessibility

The organization is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants, including individuals with disabilities, and provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to enable participation in the application and recruitment process, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

The organization will consider for employment qualified applicants with Criminal Histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of local law.