Assistant General Counsel, Corporate & Strategic Transactions

About Us

Why Join Us?

The Role

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal corporate attorney advising on all M&A, investment, and corporate transactional matters, ensuring compliance with corporate governance and regulatory standards.
• Lead the negotiation, drafting, and execution of M&A transactions, including merger agreements and asset purchases.
• Manage transactions from start to finish, including term sheets, organizing and managing the due diligence and closing processes, drafting definitive transaction documents, working cross-functionally with business leaders to prepare for closing, executing the closings, and supporting post-closing integration processes
• Direct and manage strategic investments, including equity and debt financing transactions (preferred and non-preferred equity, SAFEs, convertible notes, secured/unsecured debt).
• Work closely with internal teams to ensure seamless integration of acquired businesses and partnerships.
• Oversee transaction regulatory compliance processes, including Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) filings and state-specific regulatory approvals.
• Collaborate with the finance, accounting, and executive leadership teams to ensure adherence to debt covenants and transaction reporting requirements.
• Manage external counsel and provide oversight on key corporate legal matters as needed.
• Manage a junior M&A attorney and other legal staff within the corporate transactions team.
• Provide corporate governance support, including preparing written consents and resolutions, and otherwise assisting in managing the corporate books and records for the Company and its subsidiaries.
• Manage corporate governance processes and work with teams of paralegals and compliance professionals to ensure strict corporate governance standards are met
• Support the Company's subsidiary formation and management
• Assist business clients with contract and other commercial disputes that may arise, working with appropriate legal colleagues and directly with outside counsel, as needed.
• Provide practical commercial and legal advice to facilitate operational decision-making and strategic planning.
• Perform special assignments or projects, without significant supervision, as assigned by the General Counsel

Qualifications

• JD degree and at least one state bar admission in good standing.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in general corporate matters, with a demonstrable history of leading mergers and acquisitions, investments, partnerships and commercial contract negotiations.
• Strong background in negotiating and closing complex transactions, particularly in regulated industries (experience in cannabis is a plus).
• Experience with managing debt facilities and compliance with financial covenants.
• A desire to work in a fast-paced, high-energy environment with exceptional organizational and planning skills, capable of handling multiple high-visibility projects simultaneously.
• Strong working knowledge of corporate governance rules and standards.
• Strong negotiation skills and the ability to work collaboratively and effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated business and financial acumen with a voracious learning mindset.
• Excellent communication skills
• Prior experience managing other attorneys

Additional Requirements

• Must pass any and all required background checks
• Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry

As a Green Thumb team member, you will have access to excellent benefits and incentives including:

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Employee Discount
• Mental Health Programs
• 401(k)
• Daily Pay
• Supplemental Insurance
• Perks Marketplace
• Flexible Spending Account / Health Spending Account
• And much more

Calling all curious, collaborative, compassionate, boundary-pushing, trustworthy stewards: There’s a place for you.

People are everything at Green Thumb. Some of us nurture plants while others pore over legal documents or open new stores. A few things we have in common? We’re stewards of the plant, a happy and humble bunch and genuinely love what we do.