Chiddy Onyia

Partner and Founder

Chiddy Onyia is a seasoned healthcare entrepreneur, operator and senior legal executive. She is a 3X General Counsel with over 15 years of in-house and law firm experience advising high-growth startups and complex healthcare institutions. She has experience with early-late stage startups, health systems, medical devices, manufacturing, FDA, payors, physician groups, and health insurance companies. Her niche lies in strategic advisory to stakeholders, leadership, and market expansion. Known for her ability to translate legal strategy into business outcomes, Chiddy serves as a trusted partner to boards, founders, and executive teams navigating scale, risk, and transformation.

Ms. Onyia previously worked at GenCo Legal, providing General Counsel services for a wide variety of healthcare and technology companies. She also worked for Alma and Quartet Health, two late-stage, venture-backed digital health companies. At Quartet, Chiddy served as General Counsel and led all legal and commercial operations for the company's acquisition of Innovatel, a physician practice group, in 2021. She managed the deal structure, diligence, and negotiation process from end to end. She also spearheaded Quartet's Series D fundraising round of $60 million in the same year. At Alma, a VC-backed, high-growth health tech company with a $7 million valuation, she led national payer negotiations with Optum, UnitedHealth, and Cigna. As the company's first General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, she was instrumental in leading and architecting the legal, strategy, and regulatory aspects of a $130 million Series D raise in 2021. In both companies, Chiddy personally built out the legal, compliance, and HR functions—scaling teams, creating operational infrastructure, and implementing systems that supported expansion into all 50 states.

Chiddy also has extensive experience negotiating and managing complex SaaS, data licensing, and technology agreements, including B2B enterprise partnerships, data monetization contracts, and platform integrations. Her deep understanding of digital health product structure, IP, privacy, and platform risk makes her particularly adept at supporting innovative, fast-moving businesses at scale.

Earlier in her career, Chiddy served as commercial counsel for two of New York's largest healthcare systems—NYU Langone Medical Center and NYC Health + Hospitals—where she advised on enterprise contracting, compliance, and strategic transactions across clinical operations, procurement, and population health. At NYU Langone, she was the commercial lead in charge of the build and procurement for Kimmel Pavilion, which was a multi-year, multi-billion-dollar project. Chiddy also spearheaded the acquisition of Lutheran Medical Center (now known as NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn) and a full-asset merger with NYU Winthrop Hospital (now known as NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island). These mergers involved investments of over $500 million, a significant expansion of NYU Langone's healthcare network, and a complex integration of multiple facilities into a unified healthcare system.

Chiddy holds a Juris Doctor from the University of Cincinnati College of Law and is licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. She received a Certificate in Leadership from Cornell and a Certificate in Project Management from NYU Langone. She completed an Executive MBA at INSEAD, Europe's top-ranked business school, with a focus on Strategy, Finance, and Operations. She is working to further expand her global leadership, commercial, and investment capabilities.

Chiddy is a women’s advocate, mentor and builder. She is passionate about Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality, specifically in areas of Education, Healthcare, Financial Literacy and Leadership. She is a philanthropist and founder of IgniteHer Inc., an organization for women and by women, teaching women to shape and lead the world around them through financial literacy, leadership, career, and personal mentoring.

Chiddy is a renowned and sought after global thought leader and frequently lends her voice as a Speaker at the UN and various other notable platforms on topics such as Leadership, Nation Building, Security, Corporate Governance, Women's Empowerment, Strategy, In-house Legal Matters and Operations. Some of her most recent speaking engagements include:

  • Speaker, 2023 Thomson Reuters Legal Leaders, Dallas, TX
  • Speaker, 2023 The Economist General Counsel Summit, New York, USA
  • Speaker, 2021 Association of Corporate Counsel: The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) is the world's largest community of in-house counsel, serving the professional and business interests of lawyers who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations, and other organizations around the globe
  • Keynote Speaker, African Trade and Investment Global Summit at the World Trade Center, Washington DC, on The Future is Female, Investing in Women, a Gateway to Disrupting Economic Development in Africa
  • Speaker, The African Forum (TAF) New York, on the Role of Youths in Partnering with the UN to achieve SDGs 2063
  • Speaker, Women to the Front Project (WTTF), onbridging Gender Inequality in the arts and teaching women to secure the bag
  • Speaker, Women, Peace & Security Week, United Nations in Partnership with National Alliance of Women Organization (NAWO) on the role of Women in achieving peace and security
  • Moderator, Leveraging your Career for Social Impact, Columbia University Empowering Women Association
  • Host and Moderator, Self-Love, for International Women's Day 2019

Practice Areas:

Bar Admissions:

  • New Jersey, 2018
  • Connecticut, 2019
  • New York, 2020

Bar Memberships:

  • National Bar Association
  • New York Bar Association
  • New Jersey Bar Association
  • Connecticut Bar Association
  • American Health Law Association

Affiliations/Offices Held:

  • Served as Immigration Lead for the National Bar Association, 2019

Published Works & Certifications:

  • Co-Author, Book Review, Canada's right to a healthy environment

Languages Spoken:

  • English, Basic French, Igbo

Relevant Past Employment Positions:

  • Alma, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary, 2021 - 2023
  • Quartet Health - General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, 2020 - 2021
  • New York City Health and Hospitals, Healthcare Counsel, 2019 - 2020
  • NYU Langone Health, Commercial & Technology (Business and Legal roles), 2015 - 2018
  • Johnson and Johnson, Technology Contracts & Supply Chain Manager, 2013 - 2014

Educational Background:

Law School:

  • University of Cincinnati Law School, J.D, 2013.

College/University:

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore County, B.A, Political Science, 2009
  • INSEAD, Executive Masters in Business Administration, 2026