Corporate Counsel
Corporate Counsel serving as primary in-house legal resource for a B2B cannabis SaaS platform. Handles commercial transactions, regulatory matters, governance, product counseling, and strategic initiatives.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Serve as a strategic legal partner on commercial, regulatory, and operational matters.
- Manage relationships with outside counsel and coordinate support on specialized regulatory, employment, litigation, corporate, and other legal matters.
- Draft, review, negotiate, and interpret commercial agreements including enterprise customer contracts, banking, and fintech services agreements, technology partnerships, and data licensing agreements.
- Partner closely with the Sales (Go-to-Market) team to support deal velocity and strategic initiatives including partnerships, corporate development opportunities, and new product launches.
- Provide practical legal guidance across a range of areas including commercial transactions, product development, privacy, employment, and corporate governance, and regulatory compliance.
- Partner with Product and Engineering teams to identify legal considerations related to new products, platform enhancements, data usage, and emerging technologies and AI-enabled tools.
- Build and maintain our commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, process improvements, and legal workflows.
- Assist with board, investor, and corporate governance matters, including preparation of board materials and coordination with outside counsel on corporate governance matters.
- Identify and escalate legal risks appropriately while supporting business growth.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with a U.S. state bar.
- At least 3-5 years of legal experience, preferably including experience at a leading law firm, technology company, fintech company, or a combination thereof.
- Strong experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
- Experience advising companies operating in regulated industries, fintech, payments, SaaS, or technology businesses is preferred.
- Strong interpersonal skills, with the desire and ability to develop productive and collaborative working relationships with multiple stakeholders across the organization.
- Impeccable written and oral communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with legal and non-legal audiences at all levels of the organization.
- Excellent at understanding complex topics as well as finding streamlined solutions to complex issues that address appropriate levels of risk.
Nice-to-Haves
- Experience at a leading law firm, technology company, fintech company, or a combination thereof.
- Experience advising companies operating in regulated industries, fintech, payments, SaaS, or technology businesses.
Skills
Contract Drafting, Contract Negotiation, Commercial Agreements, Corporate Governance, Regulatory Compliance, Privacy Law, SaaS, Fintech, Technology Partnerships, Data Licensing
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