Vice President and regional general counsel to Latin America division of global pharmaceutical company, managing a 14 person team of in-house attorneys and staff located in 6 countries plus external counsel throughout the region. Member of Latin America division’s regional management team and regional compliance committee. Responsible for advising and counseling the regional business on all legal matters affecting the company’s business and interests and providing and coordinating all legal services in the region related to generic, innovative and specialty medicines divisions and the various functional units, including the commercial, finance, operations, regulatory, human resources and marketing departments. Responsible for corporate governance and counseling the business on and enforcing regional and global compliance policies, including anti-corruption and antitrust policies.Member of the company’s global public policy working group and government affairs department, with responsibility for coordinating and advancing the company’s response to legislation throughout the region, including free trade agreements.

Responsible for managing and overseeing commercial, employment, product liability and environmental litigation in US, Canada and Latin America, including managing government investigations. Primary counsel to US Human Resources department.

Head of litigation for multi-national branded and generic pharmaceutical drug company with annual revenues exceeding US$1 Billion and market capitalization exceeding US$8 Billion. Responsible for managing and overseeing commercial, product liability, and employment cases, and jointly managing patent cases and administrative actions involving Hatch-Waxman legislation.

Assistant General Counsel, Syracuse, New York. Corporate Counsel to leading regional facilities based fiber-optic telecommunications provider. Responsible for managing and overseeing company’s litigation and primary counsel to HR and risk management departments. Drafted and negotiated Software license, joint build, IRU and other agreements related to the company’s operations.

Assistant General Counsel, Miami, Florida. Corporate Counsel to Norwegian Cruise Line, Royal Cruise Line, Royal Viking Line and Orient Cruise Line. Responsible for drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, managing litigation and interacting with government agencies.

Associate Attorney in litigation department. Represented corporations in state and federal courts, as well as in administrative and appellate proceedings. Experience included mediation, arbitration, jury and bench trials.