Taylor Todd
Associate, M&A, Sidley Austin
Taylor Todd is an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP who focuses her practice on a broad range of corporate transactional work, including assisting companies with mergers and acquisitions transactions, general formation, and venture capital and other financings. Prior to joining Sidley, Taylor earned her J.D. from the University of California, Davis, School of Law, where she served as a board member on both the First-Generation Advocates Program and the Black Law Students Association. Prior to attending law school, Taylor earned her B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Finance, from Sonoma State University.
Osaze Udeagbala
Associate Medical Director, Takeda
Osaze Udeagbala is a results-driven, team-oriented life sciences professional with nearly a decade of hands-on experience across business development, clinical science, management consulting, venture capital, and academic discovery research. Currently serving as Associate Medical Director at Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Osaze oversees efficient study execution for a phase 2 asset in gastrointestinal inflammation. In his prior role as a business development deal lead at Takeda’s Center for External Innovation, Osaze led efforts in sourcing, diligence, and transactions for research collaborations and technology/asset licenses in gastrointestinal inflammation. Osaze holds an MD from New York University, an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, and a Bachelor’s in Engineering, summa cum laude, from The Cooper Union.
Alia Abdelhameed
Associate, Deerfield
Alia Abdelhameed is an Associate on the Therapeutics Investment team at Deerfield Management, where she provides extensive research, analysis, and financial modeling on early-stage therapeutic investments. Ms. Abdelhameed joined the Firm in 2021 as a Fellow. She holds a B.E. in Biomedical Engineering with a minor in Physics from The City University of New York’s Macaulay Honors College. In her free time, she enjoys visiting art museums, trying new restaurants, and spending time with family and friends.
Andrew Gutierrez
Director, Legal Operations at Pliant Therapeutics
Andrew Gutierrez is a Director and Head of Contracts and Data Privacy at Pliant Therapeutics where he oversees day-to-day contracting from early R&D through Phase 3 Clinical Trials in addition to overseeing all Privacy related matters. Prior to joining Pliant, Andrew was a Vice President and Head of Contract, Compliance and Privacy Officer at Science Exchange where he successfully managed a Legal and Compliance team to support software used by Biopharmaceutical Partners to manage their outsourcing efforts. Andrew is a first generation American, first in his family to graduate from High School, College and Graduate School. As such, Andrew has a passion for helping those that have a similar background to his and helping them achieve their career goals.
Tricia Mann
Director, Corporate Counsel, Otsuka
Patricia Mann is Director, Corporate Counsel, at Otsuka in the company's Legal Affairs group, where she provides counsel for business development, alliance management and general commercial matters pertaining to the company's US business. Prior to joining Otsuka, Tricia worked as an Associate at Goodwin Procter LLP in the firm’s Technology & Life Sciences group, where she represented biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostic, medical and other life sciences industry clients with regard to intellectual property matters, including in connection with licensing and strategic alliances, M&A and commercial transactions. Prior to Tricia’s time at Goodwin, she was a Senior Manager & Associate Corporate Counsel in the Corporate Legal group at Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated. Tricia clerked for the Honorable Gregory I. Massing at the Massachusetts Court of Appeals. In 2019, Tricia was chosen for membership into the National Black Lawyers – Top 40 Under 40 organization. In Tricia’s spare time, she loves strength training, traveling, and spending time with her closest family and friends.