Matthew R. Hooper
EVP AND GENERAL COUNSEL
Business Management
Coherus Biosciences
United States of America
Biography
Matt Hooper is our Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining Coherus in October 2012 Mr. Hooper was Of Counsel with the Life Sciences Group of Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark and Mortimer in Chicago, where Coherus was one of his principal clients. Prior to Wood Phillips, Mr. Hooper served as Vice President and General Counsel for Halozyme Therapeutics, and was also in the legal departments of Scios, Inc. and its parent company, Johnson & Johnson. His roles with Scios and J&J included Senior Patent Counsel and General Counsel for Scios (at the time of J&J’s acquisition of Scios), as well as Assistant General Counsel for J&J. Mr. Hooper has also held positions in the corporate law departments of Amoco (later British Petroleum) and Abbott Laboratories. Mr. Hooper earned his law degree from Northwestern and his undergraduate degree in Chemistry from LaSalle University in Philadelphia. He is admitted to the bar in Illinois and California and is registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark office.
Research Interest
Business and management
