Purnima works closely with boards of directors, senior executives, and investors to develop and implement effective business and legal strategies while proactively identifying and mitigating regulatory, financial, commercial and product risks. She has extensive experience as in-house general and senior counsel. Over the course of her career, she has led legal, compliance, human resources and data security teams focused on promoting robust growth in a highly competitive and regulated healthcare marketplace.

Purnima provides broad-ranging counsel on healthcare mergers, acquisitions, investments, and joint ventures. She negotiates complex commercial and technology contracts and agreements and represents clients in government-relations matters. She advises on healthcare security & privacy and creating and implementing artificial intelligence governance programs, as well as compliance with HIPAA, HITRUST, HITECH, CLIA, and other federal and state laws and regulations.

Prior to entering the private sector, Purnima held a series of key leadership roles at the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Her tenure at the VA spanned more than a decade, and she served as an appellate attorney, deputy ethics official and counsel to the strategic partnership team. In the latter role, she was responsible for negotiating agreements between the department and private corporations with the goal of enhancing services to veterans. She litigated more than 150 appeals before the US Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

While in law school, Purnima served as a judicial extern for the Honorable James Larson of the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

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