Danisco strengthens its IP team

of the Danish biopharmaceutical company Danisco, has appointed Soonhee Jang to the position of Vice President of Intellectual Property Strategy and Chief Intellectual Property Counsel.

comes most recently from Eli Lilly & Company, where her most recent position was Assistant General Patent Counsel and Regional IP Counsel, Asia. Prior to Eli Lilly, Soonhee Jang worked for Merck as Senior Patent Attorney in Rahway, New Jersey. Soonhee Jang received her JD at Franklin Pierce Law Center in Concord, New Hampshire.

be responsible for strategic counsel on all intellectual property matters for Genencor division and will lead the Danisco US-based Intellectual Property Team in Palo Alto, in California. She will also be a member of the Danisco Patent Management Team led by Jørgen Rosenlund, Vice President & Group General Counsel for Danisco. In her role, Soonhee Jang will report to Genencor CEO Tjerk de Ruiter and will be a member of Genencor’s Senior Management Team.