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10 AbbVie legal leaders
These ten current AbbVie legal leaders hold vice president of legal, senior associate general counsel, associate general counsel and regional legal director roles at AbbVie, covering R&D, litigation and compliance, intellectual property, AI governance and corporate governance. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at AbbVie from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Christo Siebrits
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel, Head of AI · AbbVie
Senior Associate General Counsel, Head of AI at AbbVie since January 2024, based in North Chicago and leading AI governance and strategy, per the profile. Christo Siebrits was Area Counsel, International Markets (2017–2024) and Regional Legal Counsel EMEA (2013–2017) at AbbVie, and Legal Director (EE, MEA, Russia) at AstraZeneca (2010–2013).
Dan Hoang
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel - Global Commercial · AbbVie
Senior Associate General Counsel - Global Commercial at AbbVie since January 2026, based in Chicago. Dan Hoang was Associate General Counsel - Patent Litigation (2022–2026) and Senior Counsel - Patent Litigation (2021–2022) at AbbVie, and a Litigation Associate at Winston & Strawn LLP (2011–2021).
Eleanor Mayer
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, R&D Innovation Legal · AbbVie
Associate General Counsel, R&D Innovation Legal at AbbVie since August 2025, based in the Washington DC area. Eleanor Mayer was Deputy Associate Director for Policy, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (2024–2025), Senior Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel (2023–2024) and Associate Chief Counsel, Office of the Chief Counsel (2014–2023) at the FDA.
jessica kanevsky
LinkedInExperience: Legal Director ANZ at Abbvie · AbbVie
Legal Director ANZ at AbbVie since February 2024, based in the Sydney area. Jessica Kanevsky was Head of Legal ANZ at AbbVie (2018–2024) and Legal Counsel at AbbVie (2014–2018), and earlier Legal Counsel at Eli Lilly and Company (2012–2014) and an associate at Norton Rose Fulbright (2008–2012).
Lara Levitan
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Legal · AbbVie
Vice President, Legal at AbbVie since 2015 and also listed as Vice President and Associate General Counsel there since 2013, based in Deerfield, Illinois. Lara Levitan leads attorneys providing legal advice for the R&D organization with a $3 billion R&D budget, per the profile, and was Divisional Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Pharmaceutical Products Legal Operations (2010–2013) and Associate General Counsel and DVP, Commercial Legal Operations (2009–2010) at Abbott.
Michael Montgomery
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel, Head of IP Strategy · AbbVie
Senior Associate General Counsel, Head of IP Strategy at AbbVie since November 2025, based in the Chicago area. Michael Montgomery was Associate General Counsel, IP Litigation (2024–2025), Senior Counsel, IP Litigation (2022–2024), Senior Counsel, IP Strategy (2021–2022) and Patent Counsel (2017–2021) at AbbVie.
Pearson Bownas
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Legal - Litigation, Compliance & Regulatory · AbbVie
Vice President, Legal - Litigation, Compliance & Regulatory at AbbVie since 2015, based in North Chicago, Illinois, and also listed as Vice President & Associate General Counsel - Litigation & Compliance there since 2014. Pearson Bownas was Senior Counsel, Litigation at AbbVie (2013–2014) and Senior Counsel, Commercial Litigation at Abbott (2011–2012).
Sonali Srivastava
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel · AbbVie
Senior Associate General Counsel at AbbVie since 2024, based in North Chicago, Illinois, leading IP negotiations and diligence for immunology, neuropsychiatry and specialty transactions and the trademark team, per the profile. Sonali Srivastava was Division Counsel at AbbVie Inc. (2013–2024) and Senior Counsel at Abbott (2006–2013).
T.O. Odutayo
LinkedInExperience: Associate General Counsel, Corporate Governance · AbbVie
Associate General Counsel, Corporate Governance at AbbVie since January 2026, based in the Chicago area. T.O. Odutayo was also Associate General Counsel, Securities & Finance (2025–2026), Senior Counsel, Securities & Finance (2023–2025) and Counsel, Securities & Finance (2021–2023) at AbbVie, advising on governance, securities compliance, capital markets and M&A, per the profile.
Trang Hoang Lin
LinkedInExperience: Senior Associate General Counsel - R&D Innovation Legal · AbbVie
Senior Associate General Counsel - R&D Innovation Legal at AbbVie since May 2025, based in the Chicago area. Trang Hoang Lin was Associate General Counsel - R&D Strategy Legal at AbbVie (2023–2025), Partner at Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik LLP (2017–2023) and Patent Attorney at Fresenius Kabi USA (2011–2012).
Choose the right perspective
Pick an intellectual property leader for patent and licensing questions, an R&D legal leader for clinical development and innovation questions, and a litigation and compliance leader for regulatory risk questions. The regional legal director fits questions about running legal outside the United States.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does an in-house legal team support a large biopharma R&D pipeline from research to approval?
- 02How do pharmaceutical companies manage patent strategy and litigation for major products?
- 03How are legal teams setting up governance for AI use inside a drug company?
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