Matthew J. Maletta

Matthew J. Maletta was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, effective May 2015, where he has global responsibility for all legal matters affecting the company. He was also appointed Company Secretary, effective June 2020.

Prior to joining Endo in 2015, Mr. Maletta served as Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Allergan. In this position, he served as an advisor to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of Directors and supervised several large transactions, including the $70 billion acquisition of Allergan by Actavis in 2015. Mr. Maletta also played a key role defending Allergan from an unsolicited takeover bid by Valeant Pharmaceuticals and Pershing Square Capital Management in 2014. Mr. Maletta joined Allergan in 2002 and, during his tenure, held roles of increased responsibility, including serving as the lead commercial attorney for Allergan’s aesthetics businesses for several years and as Head of Human Resources in 2010. Prior to joining Allergan, Mr. Maletta was in private practice, focusing on general corporate matters, finance, governance, securities and, transactions.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Minnesota, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, and a Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from the University of Minnesota Law School.