Atlanta-based Arbor Pharmaceuticals has appointed Leslie Zacks as chief compliance officer and general counsel.

Zacks most recently worked at Shionogi Pharma, where he built the legal department and served on the company's executive leadership team. In that capacity, he was responsible for all legal, intellectual property, and compliance functions. He served as chief compliance officer, general counsel, and executive vice president at Shionogi Pharma from 2004 until 2010.

Previously, he worked at Hunton & Williams, where he was a partner in the intellectual property litigation department. Zacks is a registered patent attorney who has held positions at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy (now Bryan Cave) and Carlock, Copeland and Stair.