Nishla Keiser, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Assistant Corporate Secretary
Nishla Keiser has been working with biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies since 2004, building extensive experience in intellectual property strategy, management and litigation in technologies ranging from nucleic acid and protein therapeutics, small molecules, formulations, analytics and medical devices. At Intellia, Nishla focuses on developing and implementing Intellia’s internal and external IP strategies, as well as general regulatory, compliance, and corporate legal matters for the company. Prior to joining Intellia, Nishla was an attorney at a leading global intellectual property law firm, where she worked on patent litigation to protect multiple branded pharmaceutical products and strategic IP counseling for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies ranging from start-up companies to large corporations. Nishla received her B.S. in Biology, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, a Ph.D. in Bioengineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a J.D. from Suffolk University Law School.