Counsel, Applied Legal Research (Singapore)

About Centari

At Centari, we believe that in high-stakes dealmaking, the competitive edge lies within unlocking your firm's private deal data. Centari is building the deal intelligence platform for the future of law and finance, moving beyond simple automation and into a world of data-driven dealmaking. Our proprietary Deal Reasoning Engine transforms a firm’s goldmine of complex documents into strategic insights, empowering global deal teams to negotiate with the full force of their organization’s collective knowledge.

Our platform spans M&A, credit finance, fund formation, and real estate. Every deal a firm runs through Centari makes the next one sharper, giving deal teams a clearer view of the market than anyone on the other side of the table.
Today, Ropes & Gray, Willkie, Fried Frank, Wilson Sonsini, and practices across the AmLaw 25 and Magic Circle rely on Centari. We're backed by GTMfund, Jeremy Kranz (former DoorDash board), Andy Appelbaum (Seamless), Jack Altman, South Park Commons, and Recall Capital.

We are drawn to complexity because that is where true innovation happens. If you’re a builder who thrives in ambiguity and operates with radical ownership, we’d love to meet you.

For more information, check out centari.com or find us on LinkedIn.

About the Role

We are hiring an experienced transactional attorney to join our Applied Legal Research team. In this role, you will apply your corporate law background to the frontlines of building generative AI applications for the world's leading firms. You will work closely with Centari's Product, Engineering, and Customer Success teams to advance our best-in-class data extraction platform for sophisticated legal work.

This role will be a good fit if you are eager to shape the future of generative AI for legal services through your exceptional problem-solving capabilities, knowledge of transactional law, and bias for action.

What You'll Do

To advance our Deal Intelligence platform, you will:

• Develop subject-matter expertise to support AI research in transactional law

• Prompt engineer and fine-tune large language models for legal applications

• Build proprietary benchmarks to evaluate model performance

• Tackle unsolved AI problems in document analysis and legal reasoning

• Contribute to improving our data extraction capabilities

What You Have

• LL.B., J.D., or equivalent

• Singapore qualified lawyer (or other recognized common law jurisdiction) with minimum 3 years PQE.

• Significant legal experience at a reputable local or international law firm. Experience with debt finance, funds, and complex M&A transactions is a plus.

• Exceptional technical aptitude. While no coding experience is required, you must have a high level of comfort with learning cutting-edge systems.

• Proven interest in prompt engineering and leveraging LLMs for legal work.

• A generalist mindset and adaptability to quickly learn new areas of law.

• As an independent contractor, the ideal candidate is a proactive, solutions-oriented, and independent self-starter who is comfortable operating with limited supervision in a fast-paced environment.

• Some collaboration time with US East Coast or West Coast from Monday to Thursday.

What We Offer

• Build at the frontier of AI for knowledge work, with a highly engaged user base from top firms.

• Hybrid remote/office culture.

• Flexible PTO.

For more information, check out centari.com or find us on LinkedIn.