Meet the Team

Overview of Experience

A UK qualified Solicitor, having spent 16 years in the life sciences sector, I have global, full product lifecycle experience.

I have held in-house, hands-on senior legal roles, typically as sole counsel, across start-ups, scale-ups and large corporates spanning the Biotech, Clinical Research, Cosmetics, Medical Devices and Pharmaceutical sectors.

Areas of Expertise

• Collaborations (academic and commercial)
• Compliance
• Data Privacy, including Data Protection Officer roles
• Distribution
• E-Commerce and D2C
• GMP Manufacturing
• Intellectual Property
• Legal Design and Contract Life Cycle Management (CLM)
• Licensing (in and out)
• Litigation preparation and deep-dive investigations
• Outsourcing
• Pre-Clinical
• Regulatory legal review of clinical development and product materials and activities
• Research & Development, including global multi-centre clinical trials, all phases
• SaaS
• Supply Chain (up and down stream)
• Template suites, including user guidance, fallbacks and training
• Transparency Disclosures (EFPIA/IFPMA)

 

Track Record

My previous roles include:

• Group General Counsel, DPO and Company Secretary (first and sole counsel role) for an established global cosmetics company with own brands and GMP manufacturing services;
• Legal Counsel, Head of IT and Group DPO for a global start-up biotech in the microbiome space with GMP manufacturing facilities;
• Head of Legal, DPO and Company Secretary (first In-House Counsel in Europe) for a global Japanese Pharmaceutical company with a global clinical development programme and marketed products; and
• Legal Advisor for a niche global Clinical Research Organisation.

 

Some Highlights in My Career Include:

• Establishing and integrating first in-house legal and compliance functions in challenging situations and with limited resources;
• Introducing global contracting models and drafting, reviewing and negotiating high-value agreements (from both perspectives). My experience spans full product life cycle; from pre-clinical, outsourcing, global clinical trial programmes (inc regulatory), through to manufacturing and supply, distribution, SaaS and pharmacovigilance;
• Creating high-volume contract template suites, including guidance, fallbacks and training for non-legal users of templates, including global clinical trial and transparency programmes;
• Dual Head of IT role including the design, creation, implementation and training of Microsoft SharePoint infrastructure, creating contract life-cycle management and ‘self-service legal portals’ in SharePoint, working closely with IT;
• Legal support in product liability and advertising claims investigations;
• Leading the design, adaptation and rollout of global compliance programmes;
• Conducting internal investigations and managing external legal counsel in high-value contractual disputes, corporate strict liability offences, third-party acquisitions and internal misconduct allegations; and
• Conducting ‘deep dive’ analysis and troubleshooting of high-risk legacy internal practices and implementation of risk analysis, strategy and consistent global standards mitigating both historical and forward-looking risks.