Lavesh Samtani

Lavesh heads up the business development function and is also the General Counsel at Bionpharma. At Bionpharma, Lavesh manages all aspects of the Company's litigation, corporate and licensing, patent matters, and compliance. For more than a decade, Lavesh practiced law at Baker & McKenzie, (Singapore and Chicago), Wilson Sonsini (Palo Alto), Kramer Levin (New York), and Weil Gotshal (New York) prior to joining Ranbaxy. In his career spanning the globe at Ranbaxy, Lavesh served as Global Head of Legal at Ranbaxy and Vice President and General Counsel for the North American operations of Ranbaxy. In this role, he led all legal aspects, including M&A, transfer pricing, litigation, licensing agreements, and FDA regulatory matters. Lavesh oversaw legal victories in patent challenges & settlements for Lipitor®, Diovan®, and Aricept®. Lavesh is licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, California and Illinois. Lavesh holds a joint Bachelor's dual degree in Government and History from Claremont McKenna College. He received his Juris Doctorate from Columbia University School of Law and is fluent in several languages.