A former U.S. SEC commissioner is joining Mylan NV as its chief legal officer on April 17.

Daniel Gallagher served as a commissioner of the SEC from November 2011 to October 2015. Gallagher is also the former president of Patomak Global Partners.

"We believe that the various transformations underway across the global healthcare industry, most notably in the U.S., as well as Mylan's own continued evolution into a global healthcare company, will create significant opportunities for us going forward and Dan will be valuable in helping us to maximize these opportunities," Mylan CEO Heather Bresch said in a statement.