Kevin P. Smith

Kevin is a seasoned lawyer and compliance officer with more than 20 years' experience across the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, healthcare, intellectual property and high-technology sectors.

Kevin joined Sirtex as General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer in 2018. In addition to ensuring global compliance with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to the company, he manages the legal functions including corporate governance, IP, contracts, employment and business development.

Before coming to Sirtex, Kevin was VP & Associate General Counsel at Flexion Therapeutics and also previously the General Counsel for the Danaher Life Sciences Platform, managing legal and compliance matters for the platform. Before that, Kevin held several senior legal leadership positions within Novartis Pharmaceuticals in Basel and Cambridge, including as the General Counsel for the Novartis Molecular Diagnostics Unit. Before moving in-house, Kevin worked for multinational law firms in New York, Silicon Valley and London.

Kevin earned a Juris Doctorate, magna cum laude, from Albany Law School of Union University and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. A member of the California and New York State bars and a Massachusetts Registered In-House Counsel, Kevin is also a Registered Patent Attorney with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.