Angelo Chaclas was named Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer in January 1, 2015. In his role, Chaclas supports all capital markets, transactional, compliance, commercial, regulatory, governance, intellectual property, and other operational activities of the company worldwide. This includes legal responsibility for all governance, capital market, strategic, SEC filing and employment activities, cap and applicable compliance in all regulatory jurisdictions.
Chaclas brings to the company a varied career background in both legal and engineering disciplines. Chaclas joined Trinseo (formerly known as Styron) in December 2010 as the Associate General Counsel –Division Counsel & Chief IP Counsel, which included holding global responsibility for all intellectual property matters, working closely with the Research and Development organization on patents, trade secrets, trademarks, technology licensing agreements, and joint development agreements. He also managed commercial legal activities for several Styron businesses, and established internal best practices and optimized law firm relationships during the company’s start-up phase.
Prior to joining Trinseo, Chaclas served as Deputy General Counsel and General Counsel for the software division of Pitney Bowes while leading its Intellectual Property, Technology Law, and Procurement global legal functions.
From 2001 to 2010, Chaclas served on the Board of Directors for the Intellectual Property Owners Association, holding a position on the Executive Committee from 2008 to 2010 in addition to Treasurer during his last year. Chaclas has also served on the Board of Directors for the Association of Corporate Patent Counsel from 2003 to 2013. During that time, Chaclas held a seat on the Executive Committee from 2008 until 2011 in addition to his role as President in 2011. Today, Chaclas serves on the Board of Directors for the Unionville Sports Council as President.
Chaclas holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Tufts University and a Juris Doctor from Pace University School of Law.