Margaret Ng Thow Hing, M.Sc., JD, is the Chief Legal Officer at the La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI). She is responsible for managing the legal affairs of the Institute including providing legal support and strategic guidance across business functions and overseeing activities related to intellectual property protection, technology transfer and business development, contract negotiation, compliance and legal risk mitigation, and corporate and Board governance. Margaret has been supporting LJI’s technology development efforts for over 12 years and works with LJI scientific personnel on a daily basis to support their research activities by facilitating access to research tools and technologies, ensuring intellectual property protection of research discoveries and negotiating agreements for funding of research and commercialization of technologies. Prior to joining LJI, Margaret was an attorney with Smart & Biggar, Fetherstonhaugh, a leading intellectual property and technology law firm. She advised clients on patent prosecution matters with a focus in the area of biotechnology. Margaret obtained a Master of Science in Molecular & Medical Genetics and J.D. from the University of Toronto, Canada. She is licensed to practice law in the State of California and the Province of Ontario, Canada.