Ajita Abraham

Deputy GC, SVP and Global Head of Commercial Privacy and IP Avantor

Ajita Abraham is Deputy General Counsel, Senior Vice President and Global Head of Commercial, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Contract Lifecycle Risk Management at Avantor. Avantor is a public, Fortune 400 global provider of vital products and services to life sciences and advanced technologies customers, with offices in over thirty countries. Prior to Avantor, Ajita served as General Counsel for Financial Services NA at Capgemini, a global technology consulting company, where she led an international legal team handling complex commercial transactions. Before Capgemini, Ajita was Head of the Global Commercial Legal Team at McKinsey and worked in the Intellectual Property and Technology groups of The Bank of New York Mellon, Credit Suisse, and JP Morgan Chase. Her legal career began at Skadden Arps and Holland & Knight. She resides in Manhattan with her husband and three children and enjoys running (she just ran the Berlin Marathon), skiing and travelling.

Agenda Day 1

2:20 PM PANEL DISCUSSION: ACROSS THE POND – NAVIGATING THE US REGULATORY AND LEGAL LANDSCAPE AS A GLOBAL COMPANY

The US regulatory and legal landscape is a challenging one, and especially so for in-house counsel based in Europe working in global companies, already needing to navigate their own jurisdiction. However, it is of the upmost importance to be able to do so, be it to protect assets in the US or to work efficiently with counterpart teams there. Join a group of in house counsel based in the US, who will share practical insights and strategies to help European legal teams understand and better manage the complexities of the US legal landscape.

- Discover key legislative changes in the US, and equip yourself with the necessary tools to better protect your assets

- Learn to bridge cultural and legal differences, be it with those you already work with or as you prepare to merge/open a new office in the US, and assess challenges US lawyers face, such as the ongoing battle against patent trolls

- Hear from a range of different voices from across industries to better understand the implications of topics such as AI and data privacy, or industry specific regulations in the US

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining Ajita.

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