Johanna Morand is the Associate Director, Site Contracts, at Premier Research, responsible for EMEA, LATAM, and APAC, along with the Benelux Country Lead. She has 12 years of experience negotiating contracts for clinical trials (previously with Genzyme, a Sanofi Company, Parexel, and Cmed). Ms. Morand leads an international team of Contract Leads and Contract Specialists. Her aim remains to balance timely execution while managing legal, financial, and operational risks. Ms. Morand holds an LLM in European Law from Leiden University and an LLM in Law and Economics from Utrecht University where she wrote a thesis on European Orphan Medicinal Product Regulations.