Francis Sarena

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

Mr. Sarena served as Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Facet Biotech’s predecessor PDL BioPharma, having joined PDL in April 2006. Mr. Sarena served as a Corporate Associate at Bingham McCutchen LLP from September 2000 to April 2006 and primarily focused on representing clients in merger and acquisition transactions, corporate and securities law matters and equity financing transactions. Mr. Sarena received his J.D. from University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, and his B.S. in Finance from San Francisco State University.