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Life Sciences & Business Attorney
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Meredith M. LeConey
CEO | Founder | Attorney
Focusing on Life Sciences + Business Law
Licensed in NJ + PA
20 Years of Passion-Fueled Legal Experience
When you engage Lapis Legal, you get personalized,
1:1 support from Lapis Legal's founder, Meredith LeConey.
- Almost 5 years as Corporate Litigator at a National Law Firm
- Almost 15 Years in Senior and Executive-Level Leadership Roles at GlaxoSmithKline and Jazz Pharmaceuticals, a biotech twice named one of Fortune's Fastest Growing Companies in the World
Meredith is a results-driven attorney and strategist with a continuous improvement mindset. She has almost 15 years of in-house counsel experience and has counseled extensively on business issues and virtually every subject area in a product's lifecycle. She believes relationships matter, and is known for having a direct, clear, and approachable style. Meredith assesses risk in a pragmatic, business minded way, and prides herself on helping clients remove barriers and achieve organizational objectives. She rolls up her sleeves and goes through it all with her clients; right by their sides.
Key Areas of Focus
Legal Strategy and Risk Management | Food & Drug Association (FDA) , Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and Health Authority Regulated Marketing | Drug Research & Development, Manufacturing, Launch, and Commercialization | Pharmacovigilance and Drug Safety | Global Quality | Clinical Trial and Commercial Contracting | Business Contracts | Regulatory Strategy and Compliance | Corporate Governance and Process | Privacy Issues | Compliance | Legal Operations | Litigation | Negotiation | Strategic Thought Partnering | Employment/HR Issues | Creating, Streamlining, and Simplifying Policies and Processes | Legal and Compliance Department Structure | Crisis Management and Public Relations Counseling | Employee and Vendor Training
Notable Accomplishments
- Legal support for twelve launches
- Appointed to build, lead, and scale global R&D and commercial legal functions
- Served on global R&D, medical, commercial, and legal leadership teams
- Chief architect for building commercial and global R&D Legal functions at a rapidly growing biotech, including developing and implementing key policies, SOPs, processes, contract templates and playbooks, and training
- Developed and implemented end-to-end contracting processes for clinical trials
- Part of legal leadership team that achieved significant cost savings through various strategic initiatives, including outside counsel and vendor spend management, as well as streamlining legal operations and contracting