Background
About Amy Zaro Staedtler
Amy has over 13 years of in-house experience in the contract research organization field, having worked closely with numerous pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. She served as Corporate Counsel for Clinimetrics Research Associates, Inc. from 2002-2010 and as Chief Legal Counsel for Theorem Clinical Research, Inc. from 2010-2015. In these roles, she worked collaboratively with internal and external clients ensuring the legal protection of the companies she worked for while facilitating and growing business relationships.
Amy graduated from Boston College summa cum laude with a degree in history in 1998, she then spent one year enrolled at the Technische Universität in Dresden, Germany as a Fulbright Scholar. Following her year in Germany, she attended the UCLA School of Law, graduating in 2002. Amy was admitted to the California Bar in 2002.
Specific Experience
- Managed several M&A transactions totaling over 350 M$
- Built global legal department while reducing overall legal spend by 64%
- Reviewed and negotiated hundreds of contracts, including complex master services agreements with customers
- Developed library of contract templates, policies and "best in class" legal practices
- Designed and implemented Anti-Bribery program
- Authored Global Code of Conduct
- Conducted training on contracting, ethics, anti-bribery and corporate governance
- Managed global corporate governance for over 30 entities. Activities included annual compliance, opening entities, winding down entities, company name change, managing director appointments, etc.
- Active member of Executive Team, providing legal guidance to executive management
- Designed and implemented contractor management program