Legal Counsel

About the role

LeafLink is seeking a business-minded and pragmatic Corporate Legal Counsel to join our legal function during a critical stage of growth. The ideal candidate must be a confident self-starter who can prioritize and lead multiple tasks and responsibilities with agility, efficiency, and a dose of good humor. This role will report to the Head of Legal and work cross-functionally with leaders across product, engineering, finance, operations, and go-to-market teams. This individual supports LeafLink's business by providing legal advice regarding compliance with laws, corporate governance, and customer and partner contract management. They will partner closely with teams across LeafLink to support the company's growth, innovation, and governance by advising on all aspects of corporate law and governance matters. Individual supports Leaflink's business by providing legal advice regarding compliance with laws. Will play a central role in supporting the company's strategic initiatives, advising on regulatory matters, managing commercial relationships, mitigating risks, and providing insight on all contracts and other legal matters. This position requires a hands-on attorney who is comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment, balancing risk management with practical business solutions, and contributing as both a lawyer and strategic partner. The ideal candidate is an organized self-starter who enjoys solving complex problems in a highly regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic legal partner on commercial, regulatory, and operational matters
• Serve as conduit to outside counsel to field relevant matters
• Work with outside regulatory counsel to help navigate evolving regulatory frameworks and support the company's compliance obligations
• 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 Sales and Go-to-Market teams to support deal velocity and provide practical legal guidance and support strategic initiatives including partnerships, corporate development opportunities and new product launches
• Provide practical legal guidance across a range of areas including commercial transactions, regulatory matters, product development, privacy, employment, and corporate governance
• Build and maintain our commercial legal infrastructure, including contract templates, playbooks, process improvements and legal workflows
• Support board and investor governance matters, including preparation of board materials and minutes
• Identify and escalate legal risks appropriately while supporting business growth
• Stay current on legal developments affecting AI technologies

Requirements

• You have the ability to work quickly and independently in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
• You have significant experience in drafting, negotiating and interpreting commercial and transaction agreements relating to SaaS, FinTech products and services, master services, data licensing, technology, and general commercial transactions
• You have broad legal knowledge that enables you to spot and resolve a variety of legal issues in upcoming product offerings (e.g., regulatory, contract, IP, privacy, consumer protection, risk); and an ability to identify and clearly communicate practical, risk-based solutions.
• A problem solver with a "let's get it done" attitude combined with a willingness to roll up your sleeves and pitch in where needed.
• Team player with a curiosity and willingness to roll up your sleeves and get into the details of novel and complex business models.
• What You'll Bring to the Team
• J.D. from an accredit

Additional Information

About LeafLink LeafLink is the largest unified B2B cannabis platform, providing licensed cannabis businesses a suite of tools to manage their business more effectively, sell or order from their favorite brands and accelerate growth. We are one platform, one solution and we're defining the way thousands of cannabis brands, distributors, and retailers streamline their operations. With thousands of brands and retailers across 30+ markets in North America, we are setting the industry standard for how cannabis businesses grow together. LeafLink processes more than $5 billion in wholesale cannabis orders annually. Our team, backed by funding from leading VC's, including Founders Fund, Thrive Capital, Nosara Capital, and Lerer Hippeau is poised to define the cannabis supply chain through technology. LeafLink was named one of Inc. 5000's 'Top 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies'; one of Fast Company's 'Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Enterprise for 2020', joining the ranks of Amazon, Slack, and VMWare; one of Built In NYC's 'Best Places to Work in 2021'; 2024 Fast Company's Best WorkPlaces for Innovators for Banking, Finance, and Fintech category; 2024 Green Market Report Award for Best Fintech in cannabis - and we're just getting started!

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