Catalent Appoints Senior Vice President and General Counsel

Catalent Pharma Solutions has appointed Steven Fasman as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, effective immediately.

John Chiminski, President and CEO, Catalent Pharma Solutions said: “I am delighted that Steven Fasman has joined Catalent. He is widely respected as a talented lawyer with a proven record of leadership in results-focused environments, making him the ideal person for this important position on Catalent’s executive leadership team.”

Steven Fasman joins Catalent with an accomplished legal career and extensive experience in a broad range of industries in both private practice and corporate in-house roles. Most recently he served as Executive Vice President of Law at MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings, Inc., a private investment firm with interests in bio-technology, consumer products, banking, media, e-commerce, and other businesses. As the senior lawyer in the MacAndrews & Forbes legal department, he oversaw all legal aspects pertaining to its business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, intellectual property, SEC filings, regulatory issues, and commercial deals.

From 2008 to 2011, he concurrently served as the Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for M&F Worldwide Corp., a diversified, NYSE-listed company with $1.9 billion in annual revenue.

Mr Fasman spent his early career at the top-tier, New York City law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, where he focused on domestic and international litigation and regulatory proceedings.