attorney and partner
BRACH EICHLER, LLC
Roseland, New Jersey, United States
Isabelle Bibet-Kalinyak (Maitre Bibet-Kalinyak) is a partner at McDonald Hopkins and a healthcare attorney (compliance and transactional) in our national Healthcare Practice Group. She also leads the firm's Immigration Practice Group, which is specialized in employer-based immigration. In addition, as one of the few French business attorneys in the U.S., she advises U.S. clients with overseas operations/deals in French-speaking countries and French-speaking companies that desire to expand operations/scope in the U.S. In 2019, she received the honor to be nominated by France as Honorary Consul with jurisdiction over northern and central Ohio.
Isabelle is passionate about business and the law. Fluent in French, her native language, Isabelle has more than 30 years of international business experience in the healthcare, aerospace and plastics industries. Prior to joining McDonald Hopkins, she worked as a corporate health care attorney for the law firm of Brouse McDowell after honing her legal skills in-house for a major health system (Akron General Health System, now part of the Cleveland Clinic) and a local county hospital (Robinson Memorial Hospital, now part of University Hospitals). She served in senior strategic business development positions for a global pharmaceutical company (Sanofi-Aventis). She also served as General Manager of a division for a global manufacturer of aircraft and train parts in Paris, France (Schneller Inc., now a division of the Transdigm Group). She is a frequent presenter at national and local conferences (American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the
American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO/AAOE), American Society of Ophthalmic Administrators (ASCRS/ASOA), Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Ohio Hospital Association, Academy of Medicine of Cleveland and Northeast Ohio, etc.) on topics related to health care, mergers and acquisitions, and business immigration.
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