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Janet Raimondo is the Head Global Legal Transactions at Novartis and is dual-based in both Switzerland and the USA. Janet joined Novartis in June, 2020 and leads a large global team of lawyers responsible for managing and executing enterprise-wide strategic transactions (including M&A, BD&L, alliances and divestments) and providing regulatory advice (including global antitrust and IP transactions). Janet is a member of the Novartis Legal Leadership Team reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer of Novartis. Prior to joining Novartis, Janet was a senior executive at IBM Corporation and a corporate associate at a leading NYC law firm, Willkie Farr and Gallagher. Prior to law school, she worked for a major NYC bank. Janet earned a JD from St. John’s University School of Law and a BA from Williams College.