Jacob Westin

Global Head of Legal Antitrust at Sandoz

Speaker

Based in its Basel, Switzerland HQ, Jacob is the global head of antitrust at Sandoz, a world leading generic and biosimilars company. Jacob advises on all antitrust issues arising in Sandoz’ business operations including antitrust compliance, advocacy, policy, investigations, M&A and more.

Jacob joined Sandoz in October 2023 from Takeda Pharmaceuticals, where he had a dual role as head of legal, Nordics and head of antitrust Europe, based in Stockholm. Jacob came to Takeda as a result of its acquisition of Shire in 2019, having joined Shire in 2016 after relocating back to Sweden from the UK where he had been with GSK as its London HQ-based assistant general counsel, primarily responsible for competition law matters. Prior to joining GSK in 2008, he held various senior in-house roles after moving to the UK in 2000.

A Swedish national, he started his career with the Swedish Competition Authority, serving for four years before joining a global law firm in Stockholm to practice competition law. Jacob earned his Swedish law degree at Uppsala University and an LLM in European law at the University of Essex. He has taught competition law at Swedish universities and written several books and articles on the subject. Jacob is also a regular speaker at various international competition law conferences.