Chris Walsh serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel. In this position, he built an integrated legal team focusing on accelerating Denali invention and protecting its value, maintaining a safe and inclusive work environment, and keeping Denali compliant as a global company. Prior to joining Denali, Chris practiced intellectual property law in Genentech's Legal Department as Assistant General Counsel, Practice Group Leader, and he was in private practice as an associate attorney at the law firm Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox in Washington, D.C. Chris received a J.D. from the George Washington University Law School, completed postdoctoral training at Northwestern University and received a Ph.D. in chemistry from the Illinois Institute of Technology.