James Arnold, Jr is Assistant General Counsel for BASF Corporation and is a member of the Executive Leadership Team and General Patent Counsel for BASF Enzymes, LLC, a subsidiary of BASF Corporation located in San Diego, CA and recognized in the white biotechnology space as a pioneer in the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes for industrial processes.

He earned his B.A. in Chemistry with honors from Talladega College; Certificates in Biotechnology Engineering and Business Foundations with distinction from UCLA Extension and UCLA Anderson Graduate School of Management, respectively; J.D. from Howard University School of Law where he served as Managing Editor of the Social Justice Law Review and LLM in Business Transactions with honors from the University of Alabama School of Law.

As a former Chief IP Counsel of a Fortune 1000 electronics and semiconductor company and current General Patent Counsel of an industrial biotechnology subsidiary of the world's largest chemical company, he has extensive experience in the utilization and monetization of intellectual property to accelerate growth strategies within large, complex organizations.