Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracting in Kraków

Job Description Legal Counsel (Commercial Contracting) Kraków, Poland Full time Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world‑class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture. As Legal Counsel (Commercial Contracting), you will join a growing legal team in the Rolls‑Royce Global Capability Centre in Kraków, working as part of our global General Counsel function. You will provide practical, timely legal support across supplier and customer contracting, including drafting and negotiation support and interpreting existing agreements. Your responsibilities will reflect your level of experience, with independent management of appropriate matters, guidance of junior colleagues and the opportunity to help shape a new technology‑enabled way of delivering legal services. You will support contracting activity across Rolls‑Royce businesses and functions, working with Procurement, customer‑facing teams and General Counsel colleagues. The portfolio will include supplier and customer agreements, with exposure to international stakeholders and complex commercial contracting matters. What you will be doing:

Draft, review and interpret contracts : Provide practical, timely and technically sound legal advice on procurement and customer contracting, including new agreements, renewals and amendments. Use approved templates and playbooks to produce clear drafts and mark‑ups, explaining legal issues and options in a way that supports business decisions Support negotiations: Prepare legal positions, clause comparisons and workable fallback options, and negotiate within agreed scope and authority. Identify associated legal risks and issues and provide legal input to procurement and customer‑facing colleagues, as part of a cohesive and collaborative Rolls‑Royce team Progress matters with sound judgement: Manage appropriate matters independently, within agreed scope and authority, seeking senior or specialist input when required. Establish the facts, commercial context, dependencies and deadlines, and apply the relevant contracting requirements to progress matters effectively Identify and escape risk: Recognise material legal and commercial issues, uncertainties and urgent deadlines early. Assess their potential impact and prepare or contribute to concise, decision‑ready escalation briefs setting out the issue, options and recommendation. Propose practical ways to manage, minimise or mitigate risk while supporting the intended business outcome, seeking senior or specialist input when required Collaborate and develop: Build trusted relationships across General Counsel, Procurement and Customer contracting teams. Guide and review junior colleagues' work, sharing practical advice and feedback to support their development. Contribute to training, knowledge management and the active sharing of contracting best practice across the legal function and the business Improve how we work: Keep accurate matter and decision records, protect privilege and confidentiality, share learning and help improve templates, playbooks and technology‑enabled workflows, including the responsible use of AI Position requirements:

A law degree (Polish Magister Prawa or equivalent international law degree), a sound foundation in contract law and qualification appropriate to the jurisdiction in which you qualified Fluent written and spoken English, including legal English, with clear drafting, interpretation, analysis and communication skills Relevant commercial contracting experience and the ability to manage matters independently and guide junior colleagues. Around +5 years' post-qualification experience may be indicative of the level required, but applications will be considered based on the skills and experience demonstrated You will bring sound commercial judgement and business acumen, using these to solve complex problems and prioritise competing demands to meet challenging deadlines. You will communicate and influence confidently across functions and levels, building collaborative relationships. You will also be motivated, adaptable and comfortable working with appropriate autonomy in a fast‑paced environment Preferred qualifications and experience :

Experience with procurement, supply‑chain, customer or complex industrial contracts, ideally within a multinational organisation Exposure to English‑law or other common‑law commercial contracts; an England and Wales practising certificate is welcome but not essential Experience in an in‑house legal team, legal operations, shared services or a centre of excellence Commercial curiosity, collaborative judgement a