Junior Commercial Attorney (Finance Regulatory)

Elevate; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Elevate is recruiting a Junior Commercial Attorney for a full-time position based in our Centre of Excellence in Krakow, Poland. We offer a highly professional environment with diverse stakeholders to deliver innovative, holistic and commercially focused solutions.

The role provides financial regulatory support and cross-border projects, combining legal work with technology-enabled workflows and AI-driven delivery. Two days per week in Cracow office are required.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of relevant experience in legal and financial regulatory support.
• English proficiency and ability to work across jurisdictions.
• Interest in cross-border financial regulation and AI-enabled delivery.

Responsibilities

• Support the client's Financial Regulatory lawyers with regulatory work across banking, investment and payments products.
• Assist with legal research and draft legal advice summaries.
• Collaborate with international teams and manage cross-border matters.

Skills

Regulatory knowledge

Legal research

Cross-border work

English proficiency

Education

Law degree

Tools

Legal tech

Research databases

Job description

Elevate is recruiting a Junior Commercial Attorney for a full-time position based in our Centre of Excellence in Krakow, Poland.

This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and highly professional environment, collaborating directly with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders to deliver innovative, holistic and commercially focused solutions.

The Junior Commercial Attorney provides financial regulatory support and participates in projects designed to improve customers' regulatory awareness, workflows and processes. The role involves working independently on assigned matters while also collaborating with other members of the Elevate team to deliver high-quality services in a responsive manner.

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to support the Financial Regulatory practice of one of Elevate's key clients, a leading international law firm. The practice provides specialist legal support to some of the world's leading financial institutions on major regulatory change projects and rules on provision of a broad range of financial services and products on a cross-border basis across multiple jurisdictions.

Working as part of Elevate's Global Delivery Centre in Krakow, the successful candidate will collaborate closely with the client's legal teams in London, New York, Hong Kong and continental Europe, supporting the delivery of cross-border legal solutions for major international banks. The role will combine legal and regulatory work with the use of digital capabilities and AI-enabled tools to support efficient, consistent and high-quality delivery.

Availability to work from our Cracow office two days per week is required.

Specifically, Junior Commercial Attorney will:

• Support the client's Financial Regulatory lawyers with legal and regulatory work across a range of banking, investment and payments products and workstreams.
• Assist with legal research, manage relationships with external counsels and draft legal advice summaries.
• Support cross-border matters involving stakeholders across multiple offices and jurisdictions.
• Manage assigned workstreams accurately and efficiently, escalating legal or operational issues where appropriate.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of technology-enabled workflows.
• Use legal technology and AI-enabled tools, where appropriate, to support efficient and consistent delivery.
• Maintain accurate matter records, trackers and status reports, ensuring that work is completed within agreed deadlines and service levels.
• Provide support to senior team members in the day-to-day delivery of a wide range of projects and matters.
• Help ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, internal policies and customer instructions.

Experience:

• 1-3 years of relevant experience in legal and financial regulatory support, including research, advice, reviewing and interpreting contracts entered into by financial institutions related to provision of financial products as well as basic understanding of financial services distribution models.
• Previous exposure to banking, payments, investment or insurance regulatory matters would be advantageous..
• Experience supporting international or cross-border matters and working with stakeholders across different jurisdictions would be beneficial.
• A genuine interest in developing expertise in cross-border financial regulation, legal technology and AI-enabled legal delivery.

Skills for success:

• Strong organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to prioritise and coordinate multiple project activities while meeting the demands of multiple customers.
• Attention to detail, combined with the ability to understand the broader commercial context.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and courteous working relationships.
• A sense of urgency, with a self-motivated and accountable approach.
• Resilience under pressure and a commitment to meeting or exceeding objectives and deadlines.
• Confidence and capability to work proactively within a global organisation.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• A high level of IT competence.
• A strong desire to learn and develop new skills.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to understand complex legal and transactional information.
• Ability to work accurately with high volumes of documentation and data.
• Confidence in collaborating with international teams and managing multiple stakeholders.
• Commercial awareness and a genuine interest in banking, finance and capital markets.
• Ability and willingness to learn unfamiliar financial products, transaction structures and legal concepts.
• Openness to using technology and AI-enabled tools to improve the quality, consistency and efficiency of legal delivery.

Qualifications

• Professional proficiency in English.

About Us

Elevate is an expert-led, AI-powered global law company with over 2,200 employees. We are unique in our ability to provide a complete range of software, consulting, and services to help law departments and law firms improve efficiency, quality, and business outcomes. Our most recent achievements and distinctions include:

• Certified as a Great Place to Work® 2026 across the US, UK, India, Philippines, and Poland for the second consecutive year
• Awarded the 2026 Workplace Honour for Culture, Belonging & Community
• Certified as one of the UK's Best Workplaces® for Development 2025 by Great Place to Work®
• For the eleventh consecutive year (2026), Chambers and Partners ranked Elevate a Band 1 global services provider across all categories (Contract Lifecycle Management, Litigation Services, Flexible Legal Staffing, Intellectual Property Management, and LawTech Workflow Management & Service Platforms) and as an ALSP in APAC
• Newsweek named Elevate one of 'America's Greatest Workplaces in Professional Services' for 2025 and previously awarded it the highest rating in the 'America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity' and 'America's Greatest Workplaces for 2024' lists
• For the fourth year in a row, Elevate's integrated law firm is designated as a top law firm in Commercial Litigation in the 2024 edition of Best Lawyers/US News & World Report Best Law Firms
• Elevate named a top ALSP in Asia by Thomson Reuters' Asian Legal Business in 2024
• Winner, Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2018, 2017, and 2016

All qualified applicants will be considered for employment and will be treated equally during the process, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.