Legal affairs director | Pfizer México
Maurin Pérez de León
Legal affairs director | Pfizer México
General counsel LATAM (nutrition BU) Mexico and CARICAM | Unilever
General counsel nutrition Latam, Mexico and CARICAM | Unilever de Mexico
Maurin Pérez de León is an accomplished healthcare and pharmaceutical in-house lawyer having served in some of the largest companies in the industry. Between 2005 and 2011 she was legal manager at GSK, before becoming legal affairs director at Pfizer. Pérez de León has been deeply involved in Pfizer’s most important local and global diversification projects, including the diversification of the nutritional and animal health business, bringing the local in-house perspective to the global team. Her input has aided in the implementation as well as minimising the legal and operational risks associated. Pérez de León has also led on changing the company’s distribution model and adapting it to the requirements of new federal government laws. As a mark of her abilities and achievement Pérez de León was invited to speak at the Mexico Compliance Summit on Anti-corruption in 2015, organised by the American Chamber of Commerce Mexico and prestigious legal and finance firms.