Casarine Chong
About Casarine Chong
Casarine Chong is the Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Transactions at Bristol Myers Squibb, with extensive experience in legal and corporate transactions.
Current Role at Bristol Myers Squibb
Casarine Chong is the Senior Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Transactions at Bristol Myers Squibb. In this role, she heads the legal organization responsible for significant transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, equity investments, strategic licenses and collaborations, as well as alliance management and global corporate and operational contracts. Additionally, she serves as an executive sponsor of the pro bono committee and is a member of both the Legal senior leadership team and the Strategy & Business Development senior leadership team.
Previous Experience at AbbVie
Prior to joining Bristol Myers Squibb, Casarine Chong held several key roles at AbbVie. From 2018 to 2020, she was the Section Head, Global R&D, Alliance Management, and Transactions. She also served as the Division Counsel, Head of R&D Transactions and Alliance Management Legal from 2016 to 2018, and as Division Counsel, Transactions Legal from 2013 to 2016 in the Greater Chicago Area.
Legal Positions at Abbott
Casarine Chong worked at Abbott in roles focused on corporate transactions. From 2010 to 2012, she was Senior Counsel in the Corporate Transactions Group. Before that, she served as Counsel in the same group from 2008 to 2010. Her work at Abbott involved significant corporate legal responsibilities in the healthcare industry.
Early Career and Consulting at Deloitte
Casarine Chong began her career at Deloitte, where she was a Business Analyst and Associate Consultant focusing on the healthcare industry from 1997 to 2000. She then took on the role of Deloitte Scholar from 2000 to 2003. Her early experiences in business analysis and consulting have informed her subsequent legal and transactional work.
Educational Background
Casarine Chong has a diverse and rigorous educational background. She earned her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and her JD from Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, both from 2000 to 2003. She also studied International Relations at Pomona College, where she earned a BA from 1993 to 1997, and attended the University of Oxford for a study abroad program in International Relations in 1995.