Overview
Have a Heart is a cannabis retailer headquartered in Seattle, Washington. We are entering an aggressive period of expansion, and require an associate counsel to assist our management and executive team during this period of intense growth. The Associate Counsel will play a key advisory role in addition to ensuring the company adheres to the complex and fluctuating regulations of the cannabis industry. The ideal candidate is a self-starter capable of adapting in a rapidly changing regulatory environment.
Responsibilities
- Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics (labor law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance etc.)
- Collaborate with management to devise efficient defense strategies
- Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
- Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
- Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible legal issues
- Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.)
- Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights
- Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and forces
- Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to management and executives
- Maintain current knowledge of cannabis laws and regulations.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a legal counsel in business environment
- Excellent knowledge and understanding of cannabis law and procedures.
- Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation
- Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
- High degree of professional ethics and integrity
- Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information
- Outstanding communication skills
- J.D. degree
Job Type: Full-time
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