James Mclaughlin Email & Phone Number

Greater Philadelphia Area

Presently working at Novocure Inc. by providing legal advice as an onsite consultant. Axiom Global, a provider of cost-effective legal services to major corporations, is the leader in its field and is my employer. Because of my years of experience working in the pharmaceutical industry, my skillset has transferred readily to Novocure, a global oncology.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Reviewed, drafted and negotiated commercial procurement contracts throughout Vanguard, including domestic and international entities. Worked with a wide variety of internal business partners to understand and communicate to third party vendors the company's position on key contract terms in order to minimize potential liability to Vanguard. I ensured.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Provided legal review and support for commercial, services, supply and clinical research agreements with third parties for a major Axiom pharmaceutical client.
• Supported informed decision-making based on assessments of risk, potential legal obstacles, and third-party contractual obligations that could affect viability of transactions.
• Serve as trusted advisor to internal business partners as well as colleagues within the Legal Department of Axiom's pharmaceutical client.

Duluth, Georgia (Atlanta)

Management of the Merial Legal Department staff and legal affairs of Merial North America & Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) as well as Central America, the Caribbean and the Andean region of South America. Merial is a world-leading, innovation-driven animal health company, providing a comprehensive range of products to enhance the health, well-being.

Wilmington, DE

• Provide legal review and support for any commercial or clinical agreements (e.g., confidentiality, supply, license) with third parties that might impact product in-licensing or out-licensing transactions. Conduct due.
• Facilitate expedited review and decision-making for external innovations that would expand global product pipeline.
• Support informed decision-making based on assessments of risk, potential legal obstacles, and third-party contractual obligations that could affect viability of licensing transactions.
• Serve as trusted advisor to internal business partners as well as colleagues within Legal Department.

• Recruited to help build new legal group supporting ~a dozen of Wyeth’s worldwide manufacturing sites. Continued to provide legal advice to Global Nutritionals and Pharmaceuticals business, particularly during crisis.
• Provided legal leadership to TO&PS Strategic Sourcing Group for wide variety of Agreements, including Non-Disclosure, Project Engineering, Contractor, Service, Consulting, Supply, and Toll Manufacturing.
• Acted as Subject Matter Expert to Global Product Conformance (GPC) team, which reconciles manufacturing instructions with Ministry of Health product registrations (for worldwide affiliate and export markets and for.
• Provided due diligence and information exchange related to manufacturing operations for Pfizer-Wyeth merger.

• Added global accountability for legal/regulatory matters & provided matrix-leadership to all geographic heads for Global Nutritionals line of business. Matrix-managed 9 international attorneys & one direct report..
• Contributed to early achievement in '08 of top corporate goal (“Project 1B10”, achieving $1B in annual LATAM revenue by '10) through close collaboration on sales & marketing agreements throughout region.
• Co-led “Project Springboard” initiative with member of Brazil’s commercial team to reduce outside legal expenses by ~$370K / year. Developed Brazilian national strategy that optimized consistency & quality of services.
• Responded to changing business needs by establishing separate legal entities in Costa Rica & Panama to support operations of new regional Central American office. Hired in-house attorney in San Jose, Costa Rica to.
• Managed Caribbean realignment project to evaluate & rationalize third party distribution services across the various islands. Developed template agreement, negotiated new contracts with selected subset of previous.
• In response to inflated tariffs, re-licensed infant nutritional trademarks to Aspen Pharmacare in South Africa and sub-equatorial Africa in order to combat eroding market share due to high price sensitivity.

• Assumed legal leadership on all commercial transactions for Asia Pacific in addition to prior responsibilities as Chief Counsel, Latin America / Caribbean (for Pharmaceuticals, OTC, and Infant Nutritionals businesses).
• Asked to support agriculturals-chemicals business as Intercontinental lead. Handled preparation, negotiation, and final documentation of agreements in seven countries for ~$2B divestiture of American Cyanamid Company..
• Served as lead attorney on “Project 2000”, which rationalized Wyeth manufacturing and distribution resources from seven countries to two by concentrating in key Latin American markets with cost-effective regional.
• Oversaw legal and regulatory aspects of crisis management response and liaised with local counsel in Middle East markets after E. Sakazakii contamination in Wyeth Nutritionals plant in Ireland.

• Oversaw commercial legal matters (Latin America and Caribbean entities), Pharmaceuticals / Nutritionals businesses (Indian Subcontinent and Sub-Equatorial Africa), and Nutritionals business (Middle East)..
• Served as international legal lead for sale of penicillins business in 13 Latin America / Caribbean countries to Biochemie GmbH (Novartis subsidiary). Addressed critical supply and regulatory issues for this complex.
• Handled various due diligence, pre-closing, closing and post-closing matters in assigned countries with respect to labor, environmental, antitrust, transfer pricing, and corporate issues on sales such as the medical.

• Managed broad array of commercial and manufacturing legal matters, with focus on Pharmaceuticals, OTC, & Nutritionals businesses and support for other product lines as needed. Matrix-managed 8 international attorneys.
• Directed legal integration of pharmaceutical operations ($1.5B in annual sales in LATAM, South Africa {SA}, Indian subcontinent) after $10.2B hostile takeover by American Home Products Corp. (Wyeth’s former corporate.
• Supported all legal aspects of largest private transaction in LATAM history with $1.2B divestiture of KOLYNOS® brand (toothpaste) to Colgate-Palmolive Co. Handled various antitrust, tax, labor, union, manufacturing, &.
• Served as lead lawyer on several international divestiture transactions for global businesses, including Storz Ophthalmics, Cyanamid’s Medicated Feed Additives business, & FORMICA® building materials business in.
• Renegotiated major license agreement with Procaps, SA, Cyanamid’s Colombian licensee, dealing with older Cyanamid product line, allowing Wyeth to commercialize newer, more profitable brands.

Partnered with independent clients on corporate and international work, including drafting of commercial agreements for mergers and acquisitions, securities, corporate governance, licensing, secrecy, employment/labor, distribution, franchising, real estate, and information technology services.

Worked on corporate and international transactions.

Worked on corporate and international transactions.

Worked on corporate and international transactions.

Worked on corporate and international transactions.

Special Diploma (Fulbright Fellowship), International Law

Activities and Societies: Fulbright Scholar in International Law at the Universidad de Buenos Aires

J.D., Law

Activities and Societies: Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law John Bassett Moore Society of International Law Virginia Student.

Legal Studies Program

B.A. History (With Honors In History), History, English, Political Science, American Studies

Activities and Societies: Secretary, Yale Class of 1978 (highest class office at Yale) Member, Yale College Council Yale Glee Club Yale.