Commercial Lawyer

Polish Qualified – Commercial Technology Lawyer (Cloud & Enterprise Technology)

What does the client need help with?

An experienced Commercial Technology Lawyer is required to join a global cloud legal function. You will provide embedded day-to-day legal support to the business, helping manage complex customer contracts, regulatory requirements and strategic cloud initiatives during a period of continued growth and evolving global regulation.

What will the role involve?

This is an exciting opportunity to work closely with a market-leading cloud business, supporting commercial transactions and strategic legal initiatives across a global customer base.

Key responsibilities include:

• Drafting, structuring and negotiating complex cloud infrastructure, SaaS, enterprise software licensing and digital transformation agreements with local and global customers.
• Partnering closely with Product Management and Engineering teams to advise on compliance with global regulations, open-source software policies and third-party intellectual property rights.
• Providing guidance on data protection frameworks, including GDPR, UK GDPR and CCPA, relating to cloud multi-tenancy, data residency, cross-border data transfers and security incident response.
• Structuring and negotiating Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Information Security Addenda.
• Delivering practical, commercially focused risk assessments to senior stakeholders regarding business model changes, vendor lock-in concerns, compliance audits and regulatory developments impacting the cloud sector.
• Advising on emerging legal and regulatory frameworks, including the EU AI Act, DORA and other technology-focused regulatory changes.
• Supporting the wider in-house legal team across a broad range of commercial technology matters.
• Maintaining and enhancing contract playbooks, template agreements and self-service legal resources to support efficient contracting processes.

What skills do they need?

A senior Polish Commercial Technology Lawyer with 7+ years' PQE and qualification in the relevant jurisdiction.

Key requirements:

• Significant in-house commercial legal experience within the technology sector.
• Strong background supporting cloud computing, SaaS, enterprise software or digital transformation businesses.
• Experience working within a large multinational technology organisation.
• Expertise in drafting and negotiating complex commercial technology agreements.
• Strong understanding of data protection laws, including GDPR, UK GDPR and cross-border data transfer requirements.
• Experience advising on regulatory and compliance issues affecting cloud and technology businesses.
• Ability to provide pragmatic, commercially focused advice to senior business stakeholders.
• Fluent English language skills. Additional local language and qualification requirements may apply.

Working Pattern: Full-time (Hybrid)

Start Date: January 2027

Duration: 12 months