Senior Managing Director, Disputes & Economics, Financial Services Advisory
Posted Jun 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a life sciences matter you led involving pricing, reimbursement or regulatory compliance.
What they are checking: Whether they have led real engagements in pharma, biotech or device disputes and investigations.
Which relationships with law firms and companies would you bring, and how have you generated work from them?
What they are checking: Whether they can originate business, which a senior managing director is expected to do.
How do you develop directors and managers into future leaders of the practice?
What they are checking: Whether they invest in people as well as selling work.
Tell me about a time you helped a client transform how their organization handled compliance.
What they are checking: Whether they can align people, process and technology in a transformative environment, as the posting says.
What would you do
How would you build Ankura's disputes and compliance work in the life sciences sector over the next three years?
What they are checking: Whether they have a realistic growth plan built on their relationships and market knowledge.
A client pushes for conclusions the data doesn't support. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they protect independence and credibility, which are the firm's real assets in disputes.
About the work
How do you combine clinical, data and economic experts on one engagement?
What they are checking: Whether they can lead a mixed team of nurses, pharmacists, economists and data scientists.
Walk me through how you'd approach a government investigation into a drug maker's pricing practices.
What they are checking: Whether they understand the regulations, data and analysis these investigations require.
How do you prepare to testify or support a testifying expert?
What they are checking: Whether they know how to make analysis hold up under cross-examination.
What trends in life sciences do you think will create the most disputes work?
What they are checking: Whether they read the market well enough to position the practice ahead of demand.
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