Job Description

For Linklaters Warsaw, we are currently recruiting for the Business Acceptance Intern role.

About the team

Join our global team responsible for business acceptance and legal risk support. Collaborating with lawyers and business staff at all levels, our team covers conflict checks, information barrier queries, audit letter support, client engagement terms, and legal risk projects.

You will be responsible for:

• Conducting conflict searches using the firm’s conflict-checking system
• Supporting information barrier and clash clearance processes
• Assisting with audit letter requests in line with firm policy
• Advising on client engagement terms, policies, procedures, and best practices
• Supporting legal and risk projects, initiatives, and know-how activities

Apply if you:

• Fluent English (writing, running reports, interpreting data for use with clients).
• Prior professional experience would be an advantage, preferably in an international business environment.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills
• Are proficient in Microsoft Office tools
• Learn new systems quickly and work well with databases
• Show initiative, flexibility, teamwork, and attention to detail

Location

Warsaw (hybrid model - 2 days in the office per week)

What we offer

• An opportunity to gain experience in an international work environment as part of a global law firm.
• Paid internship in a team of experienced professionals for 6 months.
• Flexible working hours (minimum 30 hour/week).
• Friendly and supportive work environment.

About Linklaters

Linklaters is a people business. Being best in class in the eyes of our clients means that our people must be exceptional. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mind-set we aim to bring to every interaction. Ours is an environment of outperformance. We achieve this not with targets and incentives, but by fostering a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere. We respect and value difference but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias, because we want everyone to feel that they belong. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common mind-set. We recognise that one size does not fit all. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our firm by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis, and we will be happy to discuss this further.

What sets us apart

At Linklaters

• We offer a truly global work experience and the opportunity to be involved in strategic projects that drive innovation and shape the future of our business
• We belong to a firm that embodies its corporate social, environment and governance responsibility commitments • We celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion so our people can bring themselves to work
• We advocate speak-up culture to empower our people in sharing their voices and an open-door policy to ensure they are listened to
• We invest in custom-fit career paths for our people in line with their talents and aspirations
• We provide agile working solutions to meet the changing needs of our people and our business
• We are committed to people first relationships based on mutual trust, respect and appreciation
• We support the health and wellbeing of our people, providing a safe space to talk about emotions and mental health with access to expert advice as needed
• We invest in developing leaders of the future who demonstrate emotional intelligence and a passion to discover, coach and develop the talents of others

Technical Skills:

This list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.