Brian Sheridan

Vice President, Corporate Legal Affairs & General Counsel, Sorin Group

Corporate Legal Affairs; Compliance and Business Ethics; Intellectual Property; Business Development & Business Innovation

Brian is the first non-Italian General Counsel for Sorin Group, an Italian stock exchange-listed corporation, and largest European company in its medical devices sector. Sorin Group announced in late February a merger with Cyberonics Inc., a US NASDAQ-listed company and world leader in the treatment of epilepsy, which will result in the merged company being listed on both the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ.

Brian is responsible for all business ethics, compliance and legal matters in this multinational medical device group as well as mergers & acquisitions. Brian combines these responsibilities with a leadership role in business model innovation as well as being responsible for the Group’s extensive intellectual property portfolio. Brian has been recognized for his role leading the Group’s multiple-award-winning Business Ethics and Global Compliance Program.

Brian was previously a Partner Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly LLP, and is the author of ‘Biotechnology Regulation and Practice’ (Palladian, 2001). He obtained his LLB, LLM and post-graduate diploma in Competition Law from the University of London.