Gregory Ploussios Email & Phone Number

Newton, Ma, Us

Cambridge, Massachusetts

• Served as general counsel for OptumLabs’ investment arm, UnitedHealth Group Ventures, advising on investments in portfolio companies and investment partnering arrangements.• Acted as general counsel for UHGV's emerging startup businesses. Responsible for all legal functions for these businesses, including partnering and key vendor agreements, legal compliance, managing outside counsel, coordination and alignment with legal counsel in other UHG divisions/businesses with whom we were partnering, and advising marketing and communications teams on advertising and external communications.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

As General Counsel for iCarbonX Group, I oversaw all legal affairs for the company and its subsidiaries in China, the United States, and Israel, including its U.S. subsidiaries PatientsLikeMe and HealthTell. I was responsible for negotiation of commercial, collaboration and license agreements; corporate governance of the full corporate structure (including the corporate structure in China in compliance with PRC regulations governing foreign investment and human genetic resources); M&A and investments; intellectual property protection; stock option plan; equity and debt financing transactions; and communications with investors.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

As General Counsel of PatientsLikeMe, I oversaw all legal affairs of the company, including research collaboration agreements with pharmaceutical companies, compliance with privacy laws and regulations, intellectual property matters, corporate governance, and M&A. I led the negotiating and structuring of the three party business combination of PatientsLikeMe, iCarbonX Shenzhen, and HealthTell that formed iCarbonX Group in April 2018, following which I became General Counsel for iCarbonX Group (which included PatientsLikeMe, HealthTell and subsidiaries in China and Israel).After overseeing the sale of PatientsLikeMe to UnitedHealth Group R&D in June 2019, I joined UHG R&D and returned to PatientsLikeMe as Deputy GC UHG R&D, and General Counsel of PatientsLikeMe in October 2019.

Boston

Co-Chair of Licensing & Strategic Alliances Practice. Represented information technology, software, Internet, bioinformatics, and medical device clients, with an emphasis on licensing and commercial transactions, as well venture-capital and private equity investments and general corporate representation. Notable Experience:Advised clients on and negotiated a broad range of software and information technology development, collaboration, distribution, value-added reseller, OEM, and supply agreements.Drafted and negotiated IT license and service agreements, such as software development and services agreements, SDK agreements, SaaS and Internet-based service agreements, Web-site development and hosting agreements, and Internet kiosk rental agreements.Represented start-up IT hardware/software, Internet, medical-device, battery, and biotech companies in venture-capital financings and general corporate concerns.Advised clients on joint-venture and partnering transactions and acquisitions/mergers of technology companies, focusing on intellectual-property and general corporate and securities law aspects.

Represent information technology, software, Internet, bio-informatics, and medical device clients, with an emphasis on intellectual-property transfer and licensing transactions, venture-capital financings, and general corporate representation. Co-practice group leader of my Edwards Angel Palmer & Dodge's Technology Practice Group.

Doctor Of Law (J.D.), Law

Activities and Societies: Law Review

B.A., English And Political Science

English and Political Science