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Lawrence Township, Nj, Us

Structure and negotiate licenses and collaborations for oncology, hematology and cell therapy technologies and products. Lead cross-functional teams of scientific, development, financial, commercial and manufacturing groups for deal valuation, structuring and negotiation. Train junior personnel.• Developed, structured and led successful negotiations for long-term access to next-generation genome editing technology for cell therapy; 4th largest life sciences licensing transaction of 2024. • Led extended and successful negotiations for major multi-product development collaboration with cutting-edge cell therapy platform.• Lead for clinical collaborations within transactions group. Led successful negotiations for numerous clinical collaborations. Initiated, led and accomplished cross-functional project to develop detailed, step-by-step guidebook for clinical collaborations, including internal governance templates.

Identify, evaluate, negotiate and execute licenses, collaborations, investments and acquisitions for animal health products and services, including pharmaceuticals, vaccines and digital technologies. Bring together scientific, marketing and financial resources to assess risk and structure deals. Lead cross-functional teams of scientific, development, financial, commercial and manufacturing groups for deal evaluation, diligence and negotiation. Maintain relationships with third parties through post-transaction alliance management role. Represent company at industry conferences, including in speaking roles.

Rahway, New Jersey, Us

Principal legal counsel for Merck's newly established services business unit. Division leadership team member helping to guide path forward. Provide advice to parent company, division and subsidiary executive and senior management levels on a broad range of legal issues, including M&A, regulatory, commercial, corporate governance and litigation. Perform as General Counsel for two businesses. Manage three lawyers at subsidiaries plus secure matrixed legal support from parent company. Directly control outside counsel spend exceeding $2MM, as well as oversee subsidiary legal budgets in excess of $2MM.

Rahway, New Jersey, Us

Senior counsel providing legal leadership and support for full range of licensing and M&A activities for prescription, over-the-counter and animal health products. Regularly worked with and lead multidisciplinary teams. Engaged outside counsel and managed budgets. Maintained broad legal knowledge concerning antitrust, intellectual property, contracts, litigation and international transactions.

Senior counsel providing legal leadership and support for full range of licensing and M&A activities for prescription, over-the-counter and animal health products.

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In-house counsel and executive officer for high-growth biotechnology company. Drafted and negotiated all domestic and international commercial transactions, managed licensing program, oversight of patent prosecution, managed litigation, counseled senior management on antitrust, litigation, licensing and patent matters, managed outside counsel, led M&A activities and prepared SEC filings.

Palo Alto, Ca, Us

Practiced in Technology Transactions Group, with focus on licensing transactions and representing biotechnology companies. Drafted and negotiated numerous intellectual property licenses and complex cross-border commercial agreements involving university-owned technology, sponsored research, corporate spin-outs, manufacture and supply, product development and marketing, software and distribution. Supervised and trained junior associates.

New York, Ny, Us

Practiced in litigation department in a wide range of civil litigation matters, including contract, securities fraud, antitrust, government contracts, consumer class action, and intellectual property.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

HQ, Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB, CODeveloped innovative operational concept and military requirements for space-based weapon for Strategic Defense Initiative. Conceived military doctrine and strategies for ballistic missile defense. Organized and led inter-service working groups and participated in major inter-agency studies on strategic defense. HQ, Ballistic MIssile Office, Norton AFB, CAAssessed contractor technical, cost and schedule performance for Small ICBM. Developed technical requirements and specifications for missile propulsion system and external shielding.

Jd, Law

M.A., International Relations

B.S., Mechanical Engineering