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10 AstraZeneca legal leaders
These ten current AstraZeneca legal leaders hold general counsel, deputy general counsel and assistant general counsel roles at AstraZeneca across therapy areas, IP, deals and operations. A reader can learn how legal leaders work at AstraZeneca from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Adam McArthur
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel - Business Development and Technology · AstraZeneca
Assistant General Counsel - Business Development and Technology at AstraZeneca since 2025, based in Macclesfield, England. Former Chief Legal and Compliance Officer of Evinova, an AstraZeneca healthtech business (2023–2025), former Assistant General Counsel, Digital, IT and Operations (2016–2025) and former Assistant General Counsel - Operations (2014–2016) at AstraZeneca.
Andrew Cook
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel, IP · AstraZeneca
Assistant General Counsel, IP at AstraZeneca since 2018, where the profile describes serving as Global Head of the AstraZeneca IP teams supporting the cardiovascular, renal and metabolism, neuroscience and digital/AI therapy areas. Former Senior Patent Attorney (2015–2018) and Patent Attorney (2010–2015) at AstraZeneca.
Dominic Hornblow
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel, Operations and EUCAN · AstraZeneca
Assistant General Counsel, Operations and EUCAN at AstraZeneca since 2025, with the profile describing commercial work on transactions and legal requirements such as IP licensing and data privacy. Former Legal Director (2019–2025) and Head of Legal and Procurement (2013–2022) at AstraZeneca, and former Associate at Jones Day (2001–2013).
Jeff Pott
LinkedInExperience: Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel · AstraZeneca
General Counsel at AstraZeneca since 2009, where the profile says Jeff Pott leads the Legal and IP function, with the additional roles of Chief Human Resources Officer since 2021 and Chief Compliance Officer since 2023. Former Assistant General Counsel, Antitrust and IP Litigation (2004–2009) and Senior Litigation Counsel (1999–2003) at AstraZeneca.
Kwame Mensah
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel, Cell Therapy · AstraZeneca
Assistant General Counsel, Cell Therapy at AstraZeneca since 2026 and Head of Legal, Cell Therapy since 2024, with the profile headline describing lead legal and IP support for the AstraZeneca Enterprise Cell Therapy Unit. Former Assistant General Counsel, Oncology Biologics IP (2022–2026) and Senior Director, Patents Immunooncology and Cell Therapy (2021–2022) at AstraZeneca.
Michelle Dennison Lutz
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel, Respiratory & Immunology · AstraZeneca
Assistant General Counsel, Respiratory & Immunology at AstraZeneca since 2020, with the profile describing the role as Global Legal Director for the Respiratory & Immunology therapy area. Former Legal Director, Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolic Disease (2015–2020), Senior Counsel, Diabetes (2014–2015) and Executive Director, Promotional Regulatory Affairs (2011–2014) at AstraZeneca.
Sebastian Kramer
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel, Global Employment Law · AstraZeneca
Assistant General Counsel, Global Employment Law at AstraZeneca since 2020, where the profile describes leading the global employment legal team and advising the HR Leadership Team and the Senior Executive Team. Former Legal Director - Global Employment (2019–2020) and Senior Counsel - Global Employment (2015–2020) at AstraZeneca.
Shannon Carroll
LinkedInExperience: Deputy General Counsel, Oncology · AstraZeneca
Deputy General Counsel, Oncology at AstraZeneca since 2022, based in Gaithersburg, Maryland and listed in the Legal department at President/Vice President level. Former Assistant General Counsel, IP at AstraZeneca (2016–2022), and former Senior Corporate Counsel (2014–2016), Corporate Counsel (2011–2014) and IP Counsel (2010–2011) at MedImmune.
Todd Spalding
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel · AstraZeneca
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel at AstraZeneca since 2021, based in Boston and listed in the Legal department at President/Vice President level. Former Senior Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property (2018–2021) and Vice President and Head of Intellectual Property (2013–2018) at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and former Assistant General Counsel at Bristol Myers Squibb (2009–2013).
Yingji (Christopher) Chen
LinkedInExperience: Assistant General Counsel - Legal Lead for International Markets and Business Development · AstraZeneca
Assistant General Counsel - Legal Lead for International Markets and Business Development at AstraZeneca since 2025, based in Shanghai and listed at Head level. Former Director - BD Transactions (2023–2025) and Legal Director (2021–2023) at AstraZeneca, and former Special Counsel at Covington & Burling LLP (2019–2020).
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- 01How does a pharmaceutical company's legal team support a single therapy area across its products?
- 02How do in-house lawyers structure licensing and business development deals in biopharma?
- 03How does a legal team build intellectual property strategy for biologics and cell therapies?
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