Cyndi Baily
Cyndi Baily, Esq. is Senior Counsel at Nixon Law Group. She brings decades of executive-level legal and compliance leadership to Nixon Law Group, advising healthcare and life sciences innovators as they navigate complex regulatory environments and scale their businesses. She counsels clients across digital health, AI and machine learning, telemedicine, medical devices, and life sciences, and regularly serves as fractional General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer.
Cyndi has held General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer, and Chief Privacy Officer roles at global healthcare organizations and venture-backed companies, where she led legal strategy for telehealth platforms, AI-enabled clinical tools, remote patient monitoring programs, and complex M&A transactions. Her experience includes FDA and healthcare regulatory compliance, HIPAA and data privacy, healthcare fraud and abuse laws, corporate governance, and nonprofit advising.
She brings a global perspective shaped by her work as Deputy General Counsel at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), where she built the university’s technology transfer and intellectual property programs and supported commercialization initiatives. Cyndi has also taught biotechnology law and corporate compliance. She holds the Certified Information Privacy Professional/United States (CIPP/US) certification, the global gold standard for privacy professionals accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) under ISO 17024. She also holds the Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) certification, accredited by the Compliance Certification Board (CCB).
Cyndi earned her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center and is admitted to practice in Texas, Washington, D.C., and Washington State. She is based in Houston, Texas.
We asked Cyndi…
How will you help NLG clients innovate?
“For more than 25 years, I have served as general counsel and C-suite executive for healthcare companies launching new technologies, entering markets and scaling through complex regulatory environments. I wasn't advising from the sidelines. I was in the room helping make the business decisions, building the compliance infrastructure to support new products and services, and structuring the deals that brought innovations to market. I know what clients are up against, not just legally, but operationally and strategically. I bring the perspective of someone who has sat in their chair, faced their risks, and found ways to move forward. ”
What specific talents or connections do you think will be most beneficial to NLG and our clients?
“For NLG clients looking to expand internationally, partner with global entities, or enter the U.S. market, I bring practical experience with the regulatory, governance, privacy and governance challenges that come with crossing borders.
“With over 25 years working in the healthcare industry, I instinctively prioritize business outcomes over legal perfection. My background as a general counsel, chief privacy officer and chief compliance officer result in a "three-for-one" benefit to NLG clients.
“I've built legal and compliance departments from the ground up, managed private equity relationships and sale processes, led multiple acquisitions and integrations, fostered technology transfers from the "bench to the bedside", and developed risk management programs to protect organizational success. I can meet a client wherever they are in their growth journey and speak credibly to what comes next.
“Clients need lawyers who understand not just the legal question but the business conversation behind it. I can see the forest and the trees when advising our clients not just on what's legally permissible but strategically sound."