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General Counsel Permanent Attendee of the Executive Committee of Novartis Thomas Werlen is the General Counsel of Novartis and responsible for the Group’s legal affairs, a position he assumed in January 2006. He was named a permanent attendee of the Executive Committee of Novartis in September 2007. Before joining Novartis, Thomas Werlen worked at various Swiss and international law firms, most recently as a partner in the London office of Allen & Overy. He is a member of the New York bar and Zurich bar. He has written several books and articles on business and financial law and also teaches at the University of Zurich Law School
(LL.M. Program) and at University of St. Gallen Law School (Executive M.B.L. Program). Thomas Werlen obtained a Ph.D. in law at the University of Zurich in 1994 and a master’s degree in law from Harvard Law School in 1995. He is also a member of the admission panel of the SWX Swiss Exchange. | 