Experience

Arxada

• Switzerland
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant General Counsel

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  Morristown, New Jersey, United States



Lonza, Inc.

• Assistant General Counsel

  • Jan 2011 - Oct 2021

  Lonza Specialty Ingredients (LSI) Regulatory Counsel LSI Agro Business Unit Commercial Counsel



Beveridge & Diamond PC

• United States
• Law Practice
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Of Counsel

  • Jul 2000 - Jan 2011

  Advise manufacturers, distributors and users of chemicals, chemical products,and pharmaceuticals with respect to satisfying federal and state law and regulatory requirements, including under the FFDCA, TSCA, FIFRA, FHSA and other chemical, consumer product, and food regulatory statutes. Advise clients on varied environmental law matters (e.g., CWA, NEPA, ESA) and other federal regulatory matters (APA, FOIA, FACA) Represent chemical industry research consortia in their formation… Show more Advise manufacturers, distributors and users of chemicals, chemical products,and pharmaceuticals with respect to satisfying federal and state law and regulatory requirements, including under the FFDCA, TSCA, FIFRA, FHSA and other chemical, consumer product, and food regulatory statutes. Advise clients on varied environmental law matters (e.g., CWA, NEPA, ESA) and other federal regulatory matters (APA, FOIA, FACA) Represent chemical industry research consortia in their formation, and in their commercial and regulatory operations, including competition law matters and regulatory requirements for conducting human subjects research. Negotiate and prepare contracts, including for R&D and regulatory research, toll manufacturing, non-disclosure and confidentiality, commercial disputes resolution, and sale or acquisition of business product lines. Advise clients on advocacy to government agencies concerning human health and safety risk assessments to secure or maintain product approvals and use authorizations including agricultural production and food safety matters. Represent clients in complex commercial, environmental, and regulatory litigation. Representative matters include: Successfully litigated arbitration claims to achieve client strategic objectives and significant financial recoveries, including first chair arbitration experience. Coordinated multi-state toxic tort product liability personal injury defenses, including managing numerous local counsel and lead role in securing summary judgment in multiple cases arguing federal pre- emption defenses and exclusion of unreliable scientific expert opinion evidence. Challenges to government action under APA and FOIA. Defended environmental enforcement actions. Advocated for clients extensively in ADR settings, including arbitration and mediation. Show less