Kathrin Zapasnik-Schneider

GC Procurement, ESG & EU Legal Operations at Teva

Speaker

Kathrin is a strategic and results-driven legal leader with over 13 years of experience in the global pharmaceutical industry, combining deep regulatory expertise with a strong commercial and sustainability mindset. She is recognized for translating complex legal and ESG requirements into actionable strategies that create measurable business value.

With a strong focus on Global Procurement, ESG, and Operations, Kathrin plays a central role in navigating the increasingly complex ESG regulatory landscape, with particular expertise in environmental legislation impacting the pharmaceutical sector, including Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) and Packaging regulations. She actively supports the business in understanding, shaping, and implementing new ESG requirements, ensuring legal compliance while safeguarding competitiveness and supply chain resilience.

Kathrin is deeply engaged in advocacy and strategic litigation, working to bring greater clarity, proportionality, and legal certainty to emerging ESG legislation. She collaborates closely with internal stakeholders, industry associations, and external partners to influence regulatory outcomes, challenge impractical or disproportionate legal frameworks, and contribute to the development of more effective and balanced environmental laws.

Across Procurement and Commercial functions, Kathrin has successfully led multinational, cross-functional initiatives, unified contract governance frameworks, and established scalable legal processes that enable efficient collaboration across jurisdictions while strengthening ESG risk management.

A strong advocate for innovation, Kathrin champions the responsible integration of Legal Tech and AI to enhance legal operations and ESG compliance. She is committed to leveraging technology to streamline processes, increase transparency, and empower legal teams—ensuring the legal function remains agile, future-ready, and aligned with ethical and sustainability objectives.