Ellen Lefever has been our General Counsel since July 2021. She previously served as Deputy General Counsel at Galapagos from April 2019 to June 2021 and as Legal Counsel at Galapagos from May 2014 to April 2019. Prior to this, from September 2007 to April 2014, she worked at corporate law firms Linklaters, Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and Eubelius, where she focused on M&A and capital markets transactions. Ms. Lefever holds an L.L.M. in Corporate Governance & Practice from Stanford Law School and a master’s degree in law from the University of Leuven. She is qualified to practice in Belgium and New York.