Mr. Zhang has more than twenty years of experience working in the field of biotech and pharmaceuticals. He is currently a senior corporate counsel with Sunovion Pharmaceuticals where he supports three US subsidiaries of Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma (including Sunovion, Boston Biomedical and Tolero). In this role, Mr. Zhang provides strategic global IP support to oncology and neuroscience business franchises including patent preparation and prosecution, portfolio management and strategic opinion and counseling; due diligence, transactional and litigation support. Previously, Mr. Zhang was a corporate counsel with Novartis and Takeda providing IP support to various business franchises including oncology, infectious disease and respiratory disease. Mr. Zhang has expertise in both established and emerging markets (US & China), including tenure in Shanghai as corporate Asia Regional Lead patent counsel supporting Novartis China and Singapore research campuses. Before entering the legal profession, Mr. Zhang was a scientist with Pfizer conducting drug discovery and development.