Ep 145: The Role of a Life Sciences Licensing Attorney: Meet DéJeune Antoine
The episode features DéJeune Antoine, a life sciences licensing attorney, who shares her inspiring journey of blending her passions for law, business, and healthcare into a cohesive career path. DéJeune pursued a JD MBA, where she discovered the role of a life sciences licensing attorney—a position that perfectly aligned with her diverse skill set and interests. Through internships and informational interviews, DéJeune honed in on her career path, ultimately finding fulfillment in facilitating contracts between pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Her story emphasizes the power of resilience, self-discovery, and the importance of diversity in the legal field, particularly within life sciences licensing.
DéJeune Antoine
DéJeune Antoine is a New Orleans native and lover of travel, theatre, and soul music. She is a life sciences licensing attorney, counseling healthcare companies in structuring, negotiating, and managing intellectual property transactions. She has extensive client services experience, including nearly five years as a change management consultant in the financial services industry prior to graduate school. DeJeune enjoys taking an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving and working at the intersection of healthcare, law and business.
Episode Highlights
DéJeune Antoine recounts her journey from a childhood fascination with math and science to becoming a life sciences licensing attorney.
Despite challenges during the 2008 recession, DéJeune explored alternative career paths and found herself in tech consulting at Accenture.
Desire to reconnect with healthcare led her to pursue a JD MBA, where she discovered the role of a life sciences licensing attorney.
Internships and informational interviews helped DéJeune refine her career path and find fulfillment in facilitating contracts between pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
As a life sciences licensing attorney, DéJeune works on various contracts, ranging from confidentiality agreements to complex agreements governing pharmaceutical collaborations.
DéJeune highlights the importance of diversity in the legal field, particularly within life science
Tweetable Quotes
“In a world where our passions often feel like separate islands, it’s empowering to find a career path that bridges them all, even if we didn’t know it existed. The journey from science to law to business wasn’t a blind leap for me; it was a well-researched, well-thought-out plan fueled by trust and faith.”