Laura Schumacher is retiring from the pharmaceuticals giant AbbVie, where she has been legal chief since the company launched as a spinoff from Abbott Laboratories in 2013.

North Chicago, Illinois-based AbbVie, maker of the mega-blockbuster immunosuppressant Humira, on Monday announced Schumacher’s planned departure and said she would be succeeded by Deputy General Counsel Perry Siatis.

Laura Schumacher. Courtesy photo