Maureen Weiss is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at The Estée Lauder Companies. Maureen leads ELC’s Global Legal Marketing and Regulatory team which is responsible for compliance, risk mitigation and defense for all product marketing, sustainability, and product and ingredient regulatory issues for all ELC brands globally. Maureen and her team work closely with every ELC brand (Marketing, Consumer Engagement, and Product Development) and R&D (Clinical, Advanced Technologies and Formulation) on the development and execution of innovative, competitive product marketing claims that meet global advertising and cosmetic regulatory standards around the world. She also leads the strategic defense of ELC claims against competitor, regulatory and litigation challenges globally. She oversees the China Legal Marketing team based in Shanghai, which she established in 2020 to drive competitive claims and growth in China. China Legal Marketing works closely with Global Legal Marketing to support the development of claims by Global R&D and brand teams for the China market, and it works closely with all China brand teams on the customization, competitive execution, compliance, and defense of all marketing claims in China. Maureen and her team also work closely with Regulatory Affairs and R&D on enterprise and brand sustainability claims and providing legal analysis and guidance on new and emerging sustainability, formulation, ingredient and labeling regulations around the world, such as the EU Green Deal. Prior to joining ELC, Maureen was Senior Counsel at Unilever North America, where she was responsible for Marketing and Regulatory compliance for a variety of food, cosmetic and consumer brands. Maureen started her career as a litigator at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP after receiving her JD from New York University School of Law.