Corporate Counsel, Labor & Employment

At Curaleaf, we’re redefining the cannabis industry with a strong commitment to quality, expertise, and innovation. As a leading global cannabis provider, our brands—including Curaleaf, Select, and Grassroots—offer premium products and services in both medical and adult-use markets.

Join us at Curaleaf to be part of a high-growth, purpose-driven company that champions corporate social responsibility through our Rooted in Good initiative, supporting community outreach and positive change. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact, drive innovation, and help shape the future of cannabis.

Title : Corporate Counsel, Labor & Employment

Location : Stamford, CT

Job Type : Full-Time

Curaleaf is seeking a Corporate Counsel to support employment litigation and provide legal guidance across our organization. This role will focus on dispute management, employment law compliance, and strategic advisory support to HR and business leaders. The ideal candidate brings a proactive mindset, strong litigation experience, and a solutions-oriented approach to legal challenges.

What You’ll Do

• Take charge of dispute management from attorney demands, administrative agency charges, and lawsuits in state or federal court. Handle disputes in a proactive manner to achieve the best result for the company, including managing budgets with outside counsel and reporting on litigation risks internally.
• Focus will be on employment-related disputes, but there will be opportunity to manage and assist on non-employment-related disputes, including the Company’s most material commercial, regulatory, and EHS-related matters.
• Assist in providing timely advice and counsel for all day-to-day matters to field management and field Human Resources (HR) on a broad range of employment law matters, including leaves of absence, reasonable accommodations, wage and hour, termination / discipline, employee relations and ethics investigations.
• Stay abreast of developments in federal, state, and local employment laws and employment legislation and manage compliance plans related to legislative changes.
• Provide training to HR and field management on various employment law topics.
• Work closely with HR to develop best practices, training, and employment strategy.
• Assist with strategic-focused employment law compliance projects.

What You’ll Bring

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Salary : $180,000 - $200,000 USD

What We Offer

Curaleaf is an equal opportunity employer. Curaleaf recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Individuals adversely impacted by the war on drugs are encouraged to apply.

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