About

After four and half years at global law firm Baker & McKenzie as an associate, Isabelle Girard moved in-house joining leading pharmaceutical company Pfizer in 2003. In her eight years at Pfizer, Girard served in a number of roles quickly gaining international experience in corporate and intellectual property law, and as a result being swiftly promoted from each position; she served as corporate counsel, the regional legal manager and then legal director. In her most senior role at Pfizer, as regional legal lead for Latin America between 2010 and 2014, Girard had responsibility for over 20 lawyers and legal specialists across 45 countries. She moved to multinational conglomerate 3M in 2014, serving as general counsel for its Mexican subsidiary. Drawing on her experience at Pfizer, Girard is also the designated subject matter expert in healthcare for the Latin American region. As testament to her in-depth knowledge of multiple and diverse areas, including intellectual property law and the biotechnology field, as well as her experience with global transactions and multi-faceted commercial agreements, Girard has spoken at an FCPA conference on anti-corruption and compliance benchmarking.