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.
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.
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