Xencor reported the appointment of Celia Eckert as vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Eckert brings more than 20 years of experience as a corporate attorney in both law firm and in-house roles. At Xencor she will be responsible for all legal matters, including transactions, corporate governance and employment law, as well as overseeing the Company's intellectual property portfolio. Eckert joins Xencor from Synthetic Genomics, Inc., where she served as vice president, corporate legal. In this role she negotiated licensing and financial transactions and supported other corporate legal matters. Prior to Synthetic Genomics, Eckert served as associate general counsel at Sequenom, Inc., and as senior director, legal affairs at Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.