M&A Lawyer

pPractise MA law as the legal half of a Duely Tandem: an engine that does the grunt work, an engineer at your side, and your judgement setting the standard. No billable hours. /ppClients instruct us as they would instruct a law firm and receive the finished work: data room preparation, gap analyses and full legal due diligence reports. Our AI engine does the heavy lifting, our legal experts direct and sign off on every deliverable, and we carry full responsibility for the output. We price per deliverable, not per billable hour. /ppFounded in Ghent by Michiel Van Lerbeirghe (former lawyer and GC) and Michiel De Koninck (AI engineer and legal-tech lead), we have raised €1.1 million in venture capital, and our technology is integrated directly into Sterling's global VDR platform. We are still small enough to fit in one room, so you will directly shape how the company is built. /ph3Our values /h3ullistrongExcellence in execution. /strong An eye for detail in deliverables, both external and internal. Crossing your t's and dotting your i's. /lilistrongEverybody sales. /strong Everyone has the growth of the business in mind. /lilistrongTake ownership. /strong Our culture allows everyone to speak their mind: do so, and take ownership where you know you can make a difference. /lilistrongBe brutally honest: no ego. /strong To grow, as a team and individually, we need to give each other constant and useful feedback, respectfully. /li /ulh3About the role /h3pThe engineer and the technology do the grunt work of reading thousands of documents, extracting and drafting. What no engine can do is know what matters on this deal for this client. That is you. And because every call you make also sharpens the engine, your judgement compounds across every future deal instead of evaporating into billable hours. /ph3Responsibilities /h3ullistrongOwn the legal output. /strong Review and shape data room reviews, gap analyses and due diligence reports. You decide when the work is client-ready. /lilistrongSet the standard. /strong Define what a good finding, a fair risk qualification and a solid report look like, then work with the engineer to make that standard reproducible across every deal. /lilistrongWork in tandem. /strong You bring the judgement, the engineer brings the scale, and together you decide how the next deal runs better. /lilistrongSit across from the client. /strong Scope the work with PE funds and corporate MA teams, handle QA, and defend findings under scrutiny. /lilistrongBuild the playbooks. /strong Turn how you practise MA into repeatable processes. /li /ulh3Requirements /h3ullistrongYou know MA practice. /strong Experience in transactional or corporate law: due diligence, data rooms, deal pressure. /lilistrongYou have judgement, not just knowledge. /strong You can call what is material and what is noise, and stand behind that call. /lilistrongYou want leverage, not hours. /strong The billable-hour treadmill is exactly what you are ready to leave. Your judgement should scale beyond your own time. /lilistrongYou are curious about the technology. /strong No coding required, but you want to understand how AI produces legal work, and where it fails. /lilistrongYou want to be in the room. /strong This is on-site in Ghent, next to the Duely engineers. The tandem is the whole point. /lilistrongBonus: /strong experience at a strong MA or corporate practice and exposure to legal tech. /li /ulh3Why Duely /h3ullistrongA fixed salary and equity through our ESOP. /strong No billable targets, no hour registration. /lilistrongLeverage very few lawyers ever get. /strong An engine and an engineer multiply your judgement across every deal we run. You shape how MA legal work is done instead of billing it hour by hour. /lilistrongA profession being rebuilt. /strong MA legal work is being reinvented right now. Help decide what it looks like in an AI-native world. /lilistrongFree lunch. /strong Oh, you thought there was no such thing? There is at Duely. All meals at our office are paid for because we love to fuel your engine. MVL's tuna salad is quite legendary, Simon's yoghurt is quite dairy. /li /ulpThe team posing in their plant-filled (bit problematic) kitchen. LTR: Lucas, Simon, MVL, Arne, MDK /ph3Ready to build with us? /h3