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Carolina Neira has been at Abbott, the US based pharmaceutical giant, since 2013 and is currently senior counsel for the Andes region for international legal operations. She has previously been in private practice something which a nominator identified as key to her experience and talent, ‘At the onset of her career [Neira] worked at the law firms Cardenas & Cardenas and Prieto Carrizosa. She was then hired by Abbott as director of legal affairs and now she holds regional responsibilities as senior counsel for the Andes Region and international legal operations’. Abbott as a world leading pharmaceutical company specialising in medicines and technology for all stages of treatment has a number of local partnerships in Neira’s remit in Latin America. Management of this operation is something that Neira is comfortable in and a specific quality highlighted by a nominator. ‘Neira has been a part of Abbott for over four years. She is highly knowledgeable in corporate law, international M&A and commercial law. At the same time she offers support to all functions and business units. As a young and bright lawyer, she has quickly moved up in the career ladder’.