SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES - Association of Corporate Counsel

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES
Session 101: Optimizing from global growth: Leadership challenges for a time of rapid change
Steve Leroy
Vice-President Legal & Corporate Affairs Western Europe, Anheuser-Busch InBev
Based in Leuven, Belgium, Steve Leroy leads the legal and corporate affairs departments in
Western Europe for Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world’s largest brewer, with well-known
brands like Stella, Beck’s, Budweiser, Leffe and Hoegaarden. He joined Anheuser-Busch
InBev from The Coca-Cola Company in October 2010. In his role, he stewards a team of
around 40 professionals across Western Europe who are accountable for government
affairs, corporate media relations, brand communications, issues management, crisis management,
corporate social responsibility, overall corporate reputation management, as well as all legal matters, across
the geography of Western Europe, one of six operating zones of the company.
First at Coca-Cola Enterprises and then at The Coca-Cola Company, Steve Leroy has held a variety of public
affairs & communications director roles, as well as senior business project management roles, from 1998 in
the Belgium-Luxembourg business, and from 2002 onwards across Europe, Eurasia & the Middle East. He
started his career as a lawyer in Brussels, and assisted the Belgian Commissioner General for the Refugees,
before he took up the position of project manager with the Antwerp Economic Development Agency to
implement economic policy measures. Subsequently, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the Governor for
Belgium’s largest province, Antwerp, for 3.5 years.
Steve Leroy (° January 7, 1966, Madison, Wisconsin, USA) holds a Master’s degree in law magna cum laude
from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (1989), a Master’s degree in Commercial & Consular Sciences
magna cum laude from Hautes Etudes Commerciales St. Louis Brussels, Belgium (1992), and he is a graduate
of the full year MBA programme at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, in France (1998). He is a citizen of Belgium and
the USA, and speaks Dutch, English, French, Italian and some German.
John Malpas
Publisher, Legal Week
John Malpas is publisher of Legal Week having previously been editor and editor-in-chief
and a senior member of the team that launched the magazine in 1999. Since its launch,
Legal Week has established itself as one of the world’s leading media brands catering for
the international business law community. Legal Week is the only legal magazine to have
won the coveted PPA Weekly Business and Professional Magazine of the Year award, a
feat it has achieved on two occasions.
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Marianna Nitsch
General Counsel, Europe, General Electric
Marianna Nitsch serves as General Counsel, Europe for General Electric, responsible for
supporting the businesses across Europe in delivering its growth objectives. She is also
responsible for driving legal and compliance activities for Europe’s Global Growth and
Operations organization, the legal and compliance strategy, corporate governance and
regulatory excellence initiatives. Together with the European Government Relations
Director she helps formulating and driving European policy shaping priorities.
Prior to taking on her current position, Marianna was the European General Counsel for GE Capital Real
Estate. She joined GE Real Estate as General Counsel, France in September 2007 from Biogen Idec
(pharmaceutical industry), where she held the positions of Senior Director, International Legal, and Chief
Compliance Officer.
Before going in-house, Marianna spent 11 years in private practice, specializing in public M&A, with
Shearman & Sterling, Gide Loyrette Nouel, and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Marianna has a deep legal
expertise in general commercial and corporate matters, mergers & acquisitions and pharmaceutical and
stock exchange regulations.
Besides being admitted to the Paris bar, Marianna holds an undergraduate degree in Business
Administration and a master in Law from the University of Vienna, Austria, as well as a French post-graduate
degree in International Economic Law from Paris I (Pantheon- Sorbonne). Of Austrian and English origin, she
is fluent in French, English and German and has a good working knowledge of Italian.
Stephan C Swinkels
Executive Director, Member of the Board, L&E Global
Stephan is attorney at law and executive director and member of the board of L&E
Global. He is an award winning MBA graduate (cum laude) with an extensive
international working experience and specialist legal degrees.
Education: Master of Business Administration (MBA, cum laude), (2009), awarded with the Faculty Award for
best student, ESMT (European School of Management and Technology), Berlin, Germany. Corporate and
Commercial Law (2004), Grotius Academy, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Master of Civil Law (MA) (1992-
1998), Rijksuniversiteit Leiden, Leiden, The Netherlands. Visiting Researcher (1997), Stanford University,
Palo Alto, United States. Business Law (1997), UC Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, United States.
Memberships: Member of the Associations of Commercial Lawyers and of Corporate Litigators. Member of
the Dutch and International Bar Association.
Professional Background: Consultant / Executive Assistant to the Group CFO (2010), Deutsche Bank AG,
Frankfurt am Mainz, Germany. Legal Counsel (2005), Rabobank Private Equity, Utrecht, the Netherlands
(Seconded). Attorney at Law / Senior Associate (1998-2007), Baker & McKenzie Attorney at Law, M&A
Department, Amsterdam, the Netherlands/ London, United Kingdom.
Publications: Firm Alliances, a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of a global law firm alliance, Managing
Partner Magazine (2011). MBA Diarist: contributor on MBA experience to the Financial Times (2009).
German foreign correspondent to Dutch weekly magazine “De Groene Amsterdammer” (2007-2008)
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Session 102: ICC Arbitration Rules as of 1 January 2012
Jason Fry
Secretary General, ICC Court of Arbitration
Jason Fry is Secretary General, ICC International Court of Arbitration (Paris) and Director
of Dispute Resolution Services of the ICC. Mr Fry was appointed to his current position
in 2007. Prior to his appointment Mr Fry was a partner of the international arbitration
practice of Clifford Chance LLP, based in Paris. He has significant experience as counsel,
advocate and arbitrator in international arbitration proceedings.
Mr Fry is a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and a Barrister and Solicitor of the High
Court of New Zealand. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and was the Member for New
Zealand of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce from 1999 until
2007. He was a member of the drafting committee for the new 2012 ICC Rules of Arbitration. He is a board
member of the International Mediation Institute and also member of the Supervisory Board of Columbia
University's Vale Center on Sustainable International Investment in New York.
Isabelle Hautot
General Counsel International Affairs, France Télécom-Orange
Isabelle M. Hautot Is a General Counsel for Orange Group (France Télécom SA)
specifically in charge of the International expertise - Group litigation - General litigation
- Corporate Social Responsibility & Real Estate; the vice-chair of the CCIAG (Corporate
Counsel International Arbitration Group) and an Honorary member of the Paris Bar.
Isabelle M.Hautot has 33 years experience, mainly acting as counsel and as arbitrator in
ad hoc and institutional references as a member of the Paris Bar, specialized in international litigation and
arbitration and a member of the ICC Institute Council. She also taught international arbitration and
international commercial law at the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, the University of Paris V René-
Descartes, the Ecole Française des Barreaux and Bologna University. Prior to that, she participated in
international contractual negotiations as an in-house counsel for Spie-Batignolles and Framatome. She
speaks French, English and Italian.
Dirk Knottenbelt
Partner, Houthoff Buruma
Dirk Knottenbelt is a member of the firm's dispute resolution department. He heads the
arbitration team of Houthoff Buruma. Dirk Knottenbelt specialises in complex
corporate and commercial arbitration and litigation. He litigates on a regular basis in
Dutch courts, both first instance and in appeal. A large part of his practice consists of
international arbitration work and other dispute resolution procedures with crossborder
aspects. His clients include a broad range of Dutch, US and other international
corporations.
As counsel, Dirk Knottenbelt has acted in national and international commercial and investment arbitrations
under the ICC, NAI, ICSID, UNCITRAL Rules, as well as other sets of rules such as GAFTA, NZV, AVZ and FENEX.
Dirk has also served as sole arbitrator and co-arbitrator in a number of ad hoc and institutional high value
arbitrations. He is an arbitrator at the ICC, the Netherlands Arbitration Institute and the Association
Française d'Arbitrage.
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Dirk frequently lectures on various topics of international arbitration, both in the Netherlands and abroad.
He publishes on international arbitration and is, since a number of years, individually ranked in Legal 500 and
mentioned in Chambers' Client Report on International Arbitration.
Dirk Knottenbelt was educated in the Netherlands and Great Britain and is fluent in both Dutch and English.
Session 103: Managing global employment policies
Stephen J Hirschfeld
CEO, Employment Law Alliance; Partner, Curiale, Hirschfeld, Kraemer LLP
Stephen Hirschfeld is a partner with the law firm of Curiale Hirschfeld Kraemer LLP, in
San Francisco, California. He is also the Chief Executive Officer of the Employment Law
Alliance, the world's largest network of labor and employment lawyers. His practice
involves labor and employment law on behalf of management in both the private and
public sector.
Mr. Hirschfeld advises clients throughout the country on day-to-day legal issues affecting the workplace. He
takes a proactive approach when advising clients, emphasizing creative solutions to employee relations
problems. He frequently represents employers in federal and state courts and before administrative
agencies on a variety of litigation matters involving the employer-employee relationship.
Mr. Hirschfeld has over 30 years of experience handling wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment
and trade secrets litigation, employment law counseling, collective bargaining, labor arbitrations and union
organizing. He has conducted and overseen hundreds of investigations involving employee misconduct and
has tried to verdict over 100 cases before juries, courts, arbitrators, administrative law judges and
government agencies with a 'win rate' of nearly 90 percent. He has significant cross-border expertise
working closely with European, Latin American and Asian-based companies with operations in the US as well
as US companies with operations abroad.
Aedzer Oreel
Counsel - Labor & Employment (EAI), LyondellBasell Industries
Aedzer Oreel is Labor and Employment Counsel (EAI) for LyondellBasell, the world’s thirdlargest
independent chemical company. LyondellBasell has annual revenues of
approximately $41 billion (2010) and employs more than 14,000 employees worldwide.
The major administrative offices of the company are located in Houston and Rotterdam.
Aedzer is in charge of handling general labor and employment issues including
restructurings, (pan-European) consultation issues and implementation of global policies. Before joining
LyondellBasell in June 2011, Aedzer worked for 8 years as an employment attorney for Baker&McKenzie and
Van Doorne, both in Amsterdam.
Hillary Weingast
Vice President, Legal, Symantec Corporation
Hillary Weingast is Vice President, Legal, for Symantec Corporation, a global leader in
providing security, storage and systems management solutions. Hillary leads an
organization that is responsible for global employment law, ethics and compliance, global
privacy and Corporate Responsibility. Hillary’s group leads a comprehensive compliance
and ethics program that enables Symantec’s business success while promoting ethical
conduct, and a commitment to compliance with both legal requirements and Symantec’s
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code of conduct, as well compliance with global employment laws worldwide. In addition, Hillary’s team
partners with business leaders to ensure Symantec properly handles personal information in all of its
business operations and commercial activities, and is leading the development and implementation of the
goals, policies, and programs that support Symantec’s overall Corporate Responsibility strategy, including
Philanthropy and Community Relations.
Most recently Hillary was recognized as one of Silicon Valley’s 2011 Women of Influence and was a finalist
for Bay Area In-House Employment Lawyer of the Year.
Prior to joining Symantec in 2003, Hillary worked as labor and employment counsel to the U.S. Department
of Treasury. Hillary holds a J.D. degree from Northeastern University School of Law and a B.A. degree from
Tufts University.
Session 104: Data privacy - navigating the hurdles to make data privacy work for your company
Bojana Bellamy
Director of Data Privacy, Accenture
Bojana Bellamy has over 17 years of working experience in international data privacy
law and practice.
Bojana is Director of Data Privacy at Accenture, heading a global team of 6 privacy
professionals. Bojana has overall responsibility for Accenture’s data privacy strategy
and compliance programs worldwide, in respect of internal operations and the
company’s technology, outsourcing, consulting services.
Bojana is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Association of Privacy Professionals
(IAPP), sits on the Advisory Board of the International Data Privacy Law journal and participates in many
industry groups. She is a regular speaker at international conferences and events.
Prior to joining Accenture in 2001, Bojana was Principal Consultant with Privacy Laws & Business, leading the
firm’s international data protection consulting and auditing practice.
Bojana has a Master's degree from the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, a law degree from
Belgrade University, Yugoslavia and a Diploma of Advanced European Legal Studies from the College of
Europe, Bruges, Belgium.
Bojana is fluent and writes in English, French, Italian, Serbian and Croatian.
Marcus Evans
Of Counsel, Norton Rose LLP
Marcus Evans is a data privacy, IT and outsourcing specialist lawyer at international law
firm Norton Rose, and a key member of the firm’s multi-jurisdictional data privacy
group. His clients include financial services organisations, professional service firms,
industrials, public sector bodies and technology and media companies. Marcus has
advised on data privacy issues since the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive was implemented in the UK and is
now advising clients on the potential impact of the proposed EU Data Protection Regulation. His data privacy
practice includes advising on privacy restrictions relating to rolling out user portals or personal data rich
products across multiple jurisdictions and the implementation of data export solutions from EEA countries.
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Daniela Fábián Masoch
Global Head of Data Privacy, Novartis AG
Daniela Fábián Masoch is the Global Head Data Privacy at Novartis. She is responsible
for setting the privacy compliance strategy for the Group and driving the
implementation and monitoring of the group wide privacy compliance program. She
leads the Novartis Global Privacy Network, the Privacy Steering Team and the Legal
Practice Team. She has also responsibilities as local Data Protection Officer for the
Group Companies in Switzerland.
Prior to this position, Daniela was Senior Corporate Counsel in the Corporate Legal Department at Novartis,
responsible for supporting global functions in a broad variety of legal matters.
Daniela is an attorney at law with special expertise in data protection & privacy, employment law, contract
law and environmental law. She is a board member of the International Pharmaceutical Privacy Consortium
(IPPC) and a member of the European Privacy Officers Forum as well as the Swiss Data Protection Officers
Consortium (VUD).
Session 105: The Big 3: Globalization of corruption, bribery and fraud enforcements
Chris Farris
General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer, Click 4 Compliance
Chris Farris is General Counsel at Click 4 Compliance, bringing over 19 years of experience
on a wide variety of legal and management issues. He is also a member of the C4C
Executive Management Team.
Chris held a variety of senior positions in the Legal and Compliance Organization of Sun
Microsystems, including General Counsel of Sun Federal, General Counsel of the Americas (including the
U.S., Latin America and Canada). Chris managed a team of over 30 employees responsible for sales revenues
in excess of $6 billion.
His expertise includes Government Contracts, risk management, complex negotiations, legal team
management, and corporate compliance. At Sun, Chris led several major projects, including an overhaul of
the standard sales templates and processes, as well as a significant expansion of the Legal Wiki at Sun to aid
lawyers and contract managers in their complex negotiations. He also advised senior business leaders at Sun
on major overseas operations and internal investigations.
Prior to working for Sun, Chris worked for 6 years as an associate at Crowell & Moring in Washington, DC,
where he worked in both the Health Care and Government Contracts groups. Chris received his B.A. in
Sociology and French from the College of William & Mary in 1989, and his J.D. from William & Mary’s
Marshall-Wythe School of Law in 1992.
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Wolf Frenkel
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, BearingPoint Management and
Technology Consultants
Wolf Frenkel is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of BearingPoint
Management and Technology Consultants, an independent management and technology
consultancy operated and owned by its 120+ Partners. BearingPoint has a 110 year
heritage, currently employing 3,200 employees in 25 offices primarily located throughout Europe. In this
role, Wolf is responsible for providing comprehensive legal, compliance and business support to senior
management, and manages a legal staff of twelve lawyers and three paralegals.
Prior to joining BearingPoint, Wolf had a ten-plus year career at Sun Microsystems, as Deputy General
Counsel, for the Europe Region, and Senior Legal Director for EMEA, managing a group of more than 25
attorneys spread out over 15 countries. Before relocating to Europe in 2003, Wolf was based in the Bay Area,
providing legal support to the Microelectronics and Software divisions, in technology acquisitions, inbound
licensing and other intellectual property related areas.
Previous to joining Sun, Wolf was an Associate Counsel with Robert Half International Inc. (RHI), NYSE listed,
and located in Menlo Park, supporting RHI’s world-wide intellectual property initiatives, M&A activities and
general corporate governance and development matters. Prior to joining Robert Half, Wolf was a Senior
Attorney with The PMI Group, Inc. NYSE listed, and located in San Francisco, where he supported PMI’s
wholly-owned subsidiaries in numerous complex IP initiatives with most of the top Fortune 50 financial
institutions. Before relocating to the Bay area in 1994, Wolf was in private practice in Montreal, Quebec,
where, for more than 10 years, he represented numerous start-up and mid-sized technology and
manufacturing concerns in mergers and acquisitions, international and domestic licensing arrangements,
joint ventures and real estate development projects.
Wolf is a graduate of McGill University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, 1980 and a graduate of
the University de Montreal Law Faculty, earning his LL.B. in Civil Law, 1983. Wolf was admitted to the
Quebec Bar in 1984 and is currently an active member of the California State Bar since 1992.
Michael Julian
General Counsel and Group Compliance Officer, 3W Power SA/AEG Power Solutions
Michael Julian is the general counsel and group compliance officer of 3W Power SA/AEG
Power Solutions, a global supplier of premium power supply and control products,
systems, solutions and services with over 1500 employees and operations around the
world. Mr. Julian handles all legal and compliance activities for 3W Power as well as
serving as secretary to the board of directors of the company. 3W Power SA is listed on
the Euronext Amsterdam and Deutsche Borse Frankfurt (Prime Standard) Exchanges.
Prior to joining AEG Power Solutions, Mr. Julian was in private practice in Paris, France specializing in M&A
and corporate law. He is a member of both the New York and Paris Bars. In addition to his legal practice, Mr.
Julian has also served as an adjunct professor that the HEC business school of Paris, France and the Reims
Management School.
Mr. Julian is a graduate of West Virginia University where he earned both his Bachelor’s degree and his JD.
He also studied European Law at the Institut d’Etudes Européennes in Brussels, Belgium and holds a DES
degree from that school.
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John Smart
Practice Leader, Ernst & Young LLP
John Smart is a partner in the London Office of Ernst & Young and leads the Fraud
Investigation & Dispute Services practice in Northern Europe, specialising in fraud and
asset recovery and special investigations. He has extensive experience in carrying out
high profile, public investigations into suspected frauds, bribery allegations, compliance
breaches and other sensitive matters in the Pharmaceutical industry.
John has also developed EY services in effective compliance, particularly in respect of ethical sales and the
impact of global anti-bribery legislation. He has spoken at conferences, client seminars and various
professional bodies and regularly appears in the press as an expert on compliance, investigations, anticorruption
and asset tracing.
He has led many projects on developing compliance in sales and marketing practices, market abuse,
competition issues and financial crime.
In addition, he currently heads the provision of internal audit support services for the international audit
function at a global company. Mr Smart has advised several companies on acquisition risks in many high-risk
countries and has acted as an independent expert in relation to reporting compliance to regulatory
authorities.
Mr Smart is an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is also a Board member
at the University College London Centre for Ethics and Law.
Session 106: Today’s trade compliance landscape – a view of sanctions, enforcement and best
practice
Rudi DuBois
Global Export Compliance Leader, Dupont
Rudi Du Bois has more than 20 years of experience in the domain of export controls and trade compliance.
He is currently Global Export Compliance Leader at DuPont de Nemours, a global market driven science
company.
Before joining DuPont, Rudi was Export Control Compliance Leader for Europe, Africa and the Middle East at
Alcatel Lucent, a leading telecommunications manufacturer.
In both positions, Rudi gained a vast experience in managing export compliance programs covering both the
chemical and telecommunications & electronics sector, This includes the design, implementation and
monitoring of export screening and classification processes for a wide range of products and technologies
against European Union, US and national control lists and sanctions programs.
Rudi is a long-standing member of national and international industry associations such as DigitalEuropa
(former EICTA) and CEFIC and participated in technical work group sessions of the Wassenaar Arrangement
as an advisor to the Belgian government. He also provides regular training to different audiences in various
countries.
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Carol Fuchs
Counsel for International Trade Regulation, General Electric
Carol Fuchs joined General Electric in July 2009. She is part of the Global Government
Affairs & Policy group based in Washington, DC. She has responsibility for managing
GE’s trade control and sanctions program across all business units globally.
For the previous five years, Carol served as Tyco’s International Trade Counsel,
responsible for managing Tyco’s worldwide import/export compliance program.
Previously, Carol was Vice President and Director, Global Trade Compliance, at Motorola where she
managed Motorola’s trade compliance programs worldwide. At Motorola, she received the Office of
General Counsel Award for Professional Excellence. From 1979 until 1988, Carol served as legal counsel to
the U.S. Defense Fuel Supply Center, where she was awarded the Meritorious Civilian Service Award.
Carol currently serves on the Department of Homeland Security Committee on Homeland Security and
Export Controls, as well as the State Department’s Advisory Committee for International Economic Policy
(ACIEP) Sanctions Subcommittee. She completed two terms serving on the U.S. Commercial Operations
Advisory Committee (COAC) advising high-level government officials (Treasury and Department of Homeland
Security) on customs issues and new trade programs. Carol serves on the Board of Directors of the National
Council for International Trade Development (NCITD) and previously served on the Board of the American
Association of Exporters and Importers (AAEI). She is a frequent public speaker at conferences worldwide
and she has facilitated several industry group benchmarking sessions.
She graduated from Carleton College (mathematics) and received her law degree, from Georgetown
University.
Philip Torbøl
Partner, K&L Gates LLP
Philip Torbøl is a founding partner of the K&L Gates' Brussels office. He focuses on EU
competition and trade law, and government strategies.
Admitted to the Brussels and Denmark bars, Mr. Torbøl’s experience includes advising
clients on their obligations and opportunities when these trade within the EU, and
assisting clients in the context of European Commission investigations. Mr. Torbøl also focuses on helping
companies define their distribution strategies both within the framework of EU and in relation to third
countries where International Trade instruments, such as WTO agreements and bilateral trade agreements,
can be exploited to gain a competitive advantage.
Mr. Torbøl, a former EU official, has substantial experience representing clients in strategic regulatory and
legislative processes before all European institutions, including the Commission, Parliament and Council.
Mr. Torbøl is a regular contributor to the debate on EU and competition law policy. He has written numerous
articles and spoken on many occasions on competition issues to both general and specialized business
audiences.
Mr. Torbøl began his career in the European Parliament and was also an executive committee member of
the European Commission's Youth Forum.
Prior to joining K&L Gates, Mr. Torbøl practiced as a partner with another international law firm in Brussels.
He speaks fluent Danish, English, French, Norwegian and Swedish.
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Session 107: Protecting the deal: making the cross-border merger bulletproof
Sean Collin
Executive Director of Administration and Legal Affairs, UNA Institute of Export Research
and Technology Transfer
Sean Collin is Co-Executive Director of UNA’s Institute of Export Research and
Technology Transfer. He is also the President and Co-Founder of Suthún International
Corporation and IPWatch Corporation. For more than two decades Mr. Collin has specialized in advising
companies and individuals on maximizing revenue and asset value from intellectual property.
Mr. Collin is a Georgetown University Law Center graduate. He has represented Fortune 50 companies, Inc.
500 companies, financial institutions, public and private technology and brand focused companies, nonprofit
organizations, and countries. His expertise is in assisting a global array of clients to nationally and
internationally protect and commercially leverage intellectual property and technology. Mr. Collin advises
clients in all aspects of their corporate development, commercial exploitation, and international trade.
Mr. Collin was featured in the May 6, 2002 issue of California Law Business as one of the top twenty lawyers
under the age of 40 in the state of California in recognition of his legal work in the intellectual property and
international fields. He has also been a partner at a number of large, internationally recognized law firms,
and has been an accredited United Nations representative in New York, U.S.A. and Geneva, Switzerland.
Ian FitzSimons
General Counsel, Pernod-Ricard
Ian FitzSimons is the Group General Counsel of Pernod Ricard S.A., a worldwide leader
in the spirits and wines industry. The company’s brands include Ricard, Absolut vodka,
Chivas Regal, Ballantine’s, Martell, Beefeater, Malibu, Mumm, Perrier Jouet, Jacob’s
Creek and Montana. Pernod Ricard was formed in 1975 through the merger of the two
leading French pastis producers, Pernod and Ricard. In recent years, the group has
played a major role in the consolidation of the spirits and wines sector, notably in acquiring part of the
Seagram business in 2001, Allied Domecq plc in 2005 and most recently V&S Vin & Sprit AB, owners of
Absolut vodka, from the Swedish state in 2008.
Prior to joining Pernod Ricard, Ian worked for Seagram and prior to that for Reckitt & Colman plc (now
Reckitt Benckiser plc). He is a qualified solicitor in England and Wales and, prior to moving into industry,
spent four years in the London office of Baker & McKenzie where he practised as a European Competition
lawyer. He studied at the College of Europe in Bruges.
Greg Frenette
Partner, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Greg specializes in negotiated mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and joint ventures.
He is also the relationship partner for many leading corporate clients. Greg is currently
a Practice Group Leader for the Firm's Business Group.
In the financial services area, Greg's M&A clients include international and national
companies in the banking, insurance and leasing areas. He has acted for both
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purchasers and sellers of financial businesses in many recent cross-border and Canadian transactions,
including banks, insurance companies, leasing companies, credit card portfolios, bank loan portfolios and the
like.
Greg's M&A expertise also includes advising national and international buyers and sellers in knowledgebased
industries, including software and pharmaceuticals, and in the automotive/heavy machinery area. He
has also been extensively involved in negotiating, structuring and implementing joint venture arrangements
among regulated and non-regulated financial institutions, particularly in e-business areas.
Greg has chaired and spoken at a number of programs sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association, The Law
Society of Upper Canada, Martindale-Hubbell and other professional organizations on M&A-related topics.
Greg is recognized as one of Canada's leading corporate/M&A lawyers in the following publications:
Chambers Global: The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2011; PLC Which Lawyer? 2012; Law Business
Research's Who's Who Legal: Canada 2010; The Best Lawyers in Canada 2012.
Admitted to the Ontario Bar; LL.B., Osgoode Hall Law School; B.A., University of Windsor.
Session 108: Metrics and concrete measures to demonstrate increasing tangible legal value
Elaine Hutton
EU General Counsel, Bare Escentuals
Elaine trained with Clifford Chance and worked in London & Rome before beginning her
in-house career with UK broadcaster, Channel 4, where she spent 5 years specialising in
Corporate & Regulatory work. Elaine then joined the world’s largest TV production
company, Fremantle Media as VP of for Legal & Business Affairs of the worldwide
ancillary rights division before becoming Head of Legal for Apple’s Retail business in
EMEA. After 3 busy years at Apple, Elaine was SVP of International Legal for Paramount Pictures before
taking up her present position as EU General Counsel of Bare Escentuals, a San Francisco based cosmetics
company and part of the Shiseido group. Elaine has a postgraduate degree in EU competition law and
speaks fluent French, German & Italian.
Gian-Reto Schulthess
ACC Europe Country Representative, Switzerland
Gian-Reto Schulthess has several years of experience in law firms and as in-house
counsel. From 2008 to 2011, he was employed with Adecco, the world’s largest
provider of HR solutions. At Adecco, he was head of the Corporate Law Department
within Adecco’s Group Legal function. Before joining Adecco, he headed for three years
the legal department of Forbo, a multinational Swiss public company with net sales of
approx. CHF 1.8 billion and over 6,000 employees. Gian-Reto studied law and business administration at the
University of St. Gallen and has passed the Zurich bar exam. Before becoming an in-house counsel, he
worked with Baker & McKenzie and CMS von Erlach Henrici in Zurich.
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Session 109: Conducting cross-border internal investigations
Elias Hayek
Chairman and President, Corporate Counsel Middle East Group
Elias J. Hayek joined Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. in 2000. He currently
serves as Vice President, Legal for the Europe, Middle East and Africa division, based in
Dubai, UAE. In this role, Mr. Hayek is responsible for overseeing all regional legal issues
for Starwood in the Middle East and Africa, including managing all the legal issues for
the operating hotels in these regions, and advising the corporate management and
hotel management. His responsibilities also include leading the legal aspects of the
negotiation, drafting and execution of hotel management, franchise and lease agreements, arranging
contracts for branded residential and condo projects, and overseeing the acquisition and disposition of hotel
assets.
Mr. Hayek also serves as the President of the Dubai Corporate Counsel Group, the leading in-house
organization in the Middle East representing the interests of general counsel and in-house lawyers in the
region.
Prior to joining Starwood, Mr. Hayek worked in private practice in California, United States from 1995 to
2000, as a commercial/transactional attorney. Mr. Hayek holds a Juris Doctorate degree, as well as a
Bachelors of Science in Business Administration (Finance / Economics). He is a licensed member of the
attorneys’ bar of the State of California and of the U.S. Federal Courts, and is also a member of the American
Bar Association, American Corporate Counsel Association and the California Bar Association. He has been a
frequent speaker at hotel industry specific conventions and various legal seminars. He is fluent in English
and Arabic, and is conversant in French and Italian.
Armando J Tirado
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, ERP software, consulting services and
solutions company ShipNet AS
Having practiced since 1988 in law firms and corporate law departments, Armando now
provides legal, compliance, regulatory and strategic planning support for ShipNet AS, a
software and cloud services provider, as its General Counsel & CCO, and in addition to a
number of companies as an in-house consultant. Trained and qualified to practice law
in civil and common law jurisdictions, he has served as senior, regional and general counsel for several
multinationals, including Tyco International, FedEx and Ingram Micro, as well as with a number of startups in
the telecommunications, internet and digital media fields. His academic background includes a Juris Doctor
from Tulane Law School in New Orleans, a specialization in European law from the University Alcala de
Henares in Spain, an LLM degree from the London School of Economics, an LLM from Columbia Law School in
New York, and an LLB/civil law degree from the Andres Bello Catholic University in Caracas. He is admitted to
practice as a solicitor in England and Wales, as an attorney in three U.S. jurisdictions (New York, Florida and
Louisiana) and as a practicing lawyer in Venezuela. His current practice is evenly split between litigation and
transactional matters, with an emphasis in technology contracts and corporate compliance, foreign legal and
regulatory matters, IP / IT, telecommunications, compliance and regulatory affairs and strategic corporate
and tax long-term planning.
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Orlando Vidal
Partner, SNR Denton
Orlando Vidal specializes in complex domestic and international litigation, commercial
arbitration, and dispute resolution.
As a former US federal prosecutor (Assistant US Attorney) and Foreign Resident Legal
Advisor for the US Department of Justice, Orlando also assists clients in US and multijurisdictional
internal and government investigations, corporate governance, compliance, fraud, audits,
global anti-corruption matters (including FCPA and Bribery Act), and international criminal law matters.
Orlando has represented clients (individual, corporate, and governmental) before numerous arbitration
panels; US federal and state trial and appellate courts; US Congressional committees; US federal, state, and
local legislative and administrative bodies; and international tribunals and commissions.
Orlando's experience spans a wide variety of industries, including energy; transport and infrastructure;
financial institutions and funds; government; health and life sciences; insurance; manufacturing; real estate;
retail and hotels; and technology, media and telecommunications.
Orlando also serves several charitable and non-profit boards, including as General Counsel of the Hispanic
College Fund. He regularly volunteers pro bono to represent clients in human-rights cases, including before
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Orlando is fluent in Spanish and French, and has travelled and worked extensively abroad, including in the
Middle East, Europe, and Latin America.
Session 110: Knowledge management and the international legal department
Gary Jones
Director of Legal Affairs – EMEA, Intel Corporation
Gary A. Jones is the Director of Legal Affairs in EMEA for Intel Corporation, and is based
in the UK. Gary rejoined Intel in 2005 after 9 years as V.P. General Counsel for LSI Logic
Corporation, also in the UK. Gary is currently a member of Intel’s Ethics and Compliance
Oversight Committee, which reports directly to Intel’s Board of Directors on Ethics and
Compliance matters. A member of the California Bar since 1979, Gary’s career in the US,
France and the UK over the last 30+ years as in-house counsel to high-tech leaders Intel
and LSI, has included responsibility for a broad spectrum of local, national, and international legal matters
effecting those companies, including developing and implementing numerous training and other Knowledge
Management strategies and programs.
Paul Nielsen
Chief Counsel International, McKesson Information Solutions
Paul provides and oversees legal, regulatory, and compliance support for McKesson’s
European healthcare technology businesses and has done so since 2003.
Paul joined McKesson from a business development role with NCR in Scotland. From
1992 to 2000, Paul served in the NCR law department, initially in patent licensing and
litigation and moving to become chief counsel for a range of business units and regional
sales organizations, based at US corporate headquarters and then EMEA HQ in London.
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Before NCR, Paul was an international and transactional associate at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering in
Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of Harvard College, the University of Pennsylvania Law School (J.D.), and
Cambridge University (LL.M.). He is married with three children.
Session 111: Skills-based hiring for legal value: are young lawyers prepared and are senior
counsel looking for the right skills and building careers?
Leslie W Mooyaart
Vice President Legal and Tax, APM Terminals
Education: 1984, Groningen University, Netherlands, Dutch civil law and international
law degree. 1984-85, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy/ Harvard Law School,
Boston, Massachusetts. 2000, Mediation training. Registered as mediator in 2000,
certified in 2007.
Professional experience: 2008- present, APM Terminals, the Hague, Vice President Legal and Tax. 2004-
2008, Founder/director of the Resolution Group, the Hague. 1990-2004, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,
Senior Vice President and General Counsel. 1976-1990, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Company lawyer.
Additional (former) activities: Member of National Judge Selection Committee, Board member of ACB
(alternative dispute resolution foundation for trade and industry), ACB mediator in (international)
commercial disputes, Board member Dutch Law Society, Board member of International Law Institute, Board
member of Dutch Mediation Institute (NMI), Board member of Society for the Protection of Animals.
Bill Mordan
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Reckitt Benckiser
Bill Mordan is senior vice president and general counsel for Reckitt Benckiser Group plc,
a global consumer products company based in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining
Reckitt Benckiser, he served in various legal positions at Procter & Gamble, working in
that company’s US corporate office as well as in Mexico and Brazil. He is an awardwinning
columnist for his work with ACC Docket and is also the winner of the ACC 2011
Excellence in Corporate Practice Award. Bill is a graduate of the University of Notre
Dame (U.S.) (B.A) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (U.S.) (J.D.). He
lives outside London with his wife and three boys.
Session 112: Reading the company financial forms and understanding the earnings report
Denise Hamer
Partner, Schönherr rechtsanwälte gmbh
Denise R. Hamer joined Schoenherr as a partner in February 2012. Admitted to the New
York State bar and with a practice emphasis in the areas of finance, re-structuring, and
“Special Situations” (including acquisition and disposition of non-core bank assets),
Denise has been a lawyer for over 25 years. For nearly 20 of those years, she has
geographically focused on Central and Eastern Europe. In the course of her career,
Denise has served in senior positions with leading international law firms, consultancies, corporates and
banks, including White & Case, Arthur Andersen, Societe Générale and Citigroup. Most recently, she was
senior counsel to BAWAG P.S.K., the Austrian bank portfolio company of US private equity fund Cerberus
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Capital Management, where she supported senior management and led several major financial
restructurings in Central and Eastern Europe.
Yves Heijmans
Lead European Counsel, Chevron Phillips Chemicals Int. NV
Yves Heijmans is Lead European Counsel for Chevron Phillips Chemical in charge of the
legal support for EMEA region. Chevron Phillips Chemical is one of the world’s top
producers of olefins and polyolefins and a leading supplier of aromatics, alpha olefins,
styrenics, specialty chemicals, piping, and proprietary plastics. Chevron and
ConocoPhillips each own 50 percent of Chevron Phillips Chemical. Prior to Chevron
Phillips Chemical Yves Heijmans worked for 5 years as international legal counsel for Alcatel, a leading
telecom equipment manufacturer.
Peter Skerlan
Director Controller, Accounting and Taxes, Frequentis AG
Peter Skerlan is head of the commercial departments of FREQUENTIS AG, which is an
international supplier of communication and information systems in two business
segments: air traffic management (civil and military) and public safety & transport
(police, fire and ambulance services; inland and maritime shipping; rail). The company is
the global market leader in voice communication systems for air traffic control, with a market share of 30%.
He leads a team of 30 business professionals that solves all kinds of commercial topics within the Frequentis
group.
At Frequentis Ag, Vienna, Austria: Director Accounting, Controlling and Treasury, June 2006 – Present;
Member of Advisory Board (Frequentis California Inc., Frequentis Australasia Pty Ltd., Frequentis Slovakia
sro, Frequentis GmbH Germany), October 2010 - Present; Head of Accounting, April 2003 - June 2006;
Business Area Controller, November 1999 - April 2003.
At Lbg Computerdienst Gmbh, Vienna, Austria: Head of IT Hardware and Network, September 1992 –
October 1999.
Verband Ländl. Genossenschaften, Korneuburg, Austria: Specialist IT – October April 1989 – August 1992.
Fachhochschule Unternehmensführung, Vienna, Austria: Degree in Business Management, September 2000.
Wifi, Vienna, Austria: Certified Management Accountant, October 2004.
Session 113: The General Counsel’s mandate: Balancing leadership, risk and accountability
Dirk Tirez
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Belgian Post
Dirk P. Tirez, a Belgian national, is General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at bpost,
Belgium’s incumbent and leading postal operator with 30,000 employees. Dirk is a
Board member and the immediate Past President of the Association of Corporate
Counsel (ACC) – Europe and is also Chairman of the Legal Committee of the Belgian
Employers Federation (FEB/VBO). He is multilingual and the author of numerous
publications in the area of European securities laws and regulations.
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From 1996 to 2003, Dirk was a Member of the Senior Management Committee, General Counsel and
Company Secretary of NASDAQ Europe. He was a founding Executive of EASDAQ. Dirk was also a member of
the SRO committee of the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and was vicechairman
of the corporate governance committee of the European Association of Securities Dealers.
Prior to this, from 1993 to 1996, he was counsel to the Office of Mr. Philippe Maystadt, the Belgian Deputy
Prime Minister, Minister of Finance and Foreign Trade, and was in charge of banking and finance legislation,
the implementation of European securities directives, and the Belgian privatisation programme.
From 1989 until 1993, he was associated with international leading law firms and worked both in New York
and Brussels, as an attorney admitted to the New York and the Brussels Bars.
Dirk graduated in 1987 magna cum laude from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, in 1988 from the College
of Europe in Bruges and obtained in 1989 a LL.M. from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Session 114: Going global: Challenges of entering new markets
Knut Mager
Head Legal Country Orgs, Novartis AG
Knut Mager is responsible for the Novartis Group Legal Country Organizations. Knut
joined Novartis in 2003 as Division General Counsel and Global Head Legal for the
Sandoz Division. In 2007 he took the responsibility of Head Commercial Legal in Novartis
Group.
Knut started his legal career at Schering AG, where he held various positions, including Head of Patents and
Head of Corporate Strategy.
Knut graduated in law at the Freie Universität in Berlin, Germany in 1987 and performed his mandatory legal
traineeship with the Kammergericht in Berlin from 1987-1990. He is a member of the Berlin Rechtsanwalts-
Bar.
Pascale Rahman
Vice-President and General Counsel EMEA and India, Flextronics International
Pascale Rahman is vice president and general counsel, EMEA, India and Brazil and is also
deputy general counsel for Global Operations at Flextronics (NASDAQ: FLEX), a $30B,
industry-leading, Fortune Global 500 electronics manufacturing services (EMS) provider
with more than 200,000 employees and operations in 30 countries. In her role as
general counsel, EMEA, Ms. Rahman provides support on a range of site specific issues
including corporate/commercial contract matters, disputes management, compliance
related issues, labor law and other regulatory areas. In addition, Ms. Rahman is deputy counsel for
Flextronics’ Global Operations segment which includes the global procurement function.
Prior to joining Flextronics, Ms. Rahman practiced with major international law firms in London, Paris, and
Brussels. Previously, she had global responsibilities as general counsel for a leading manufacturer in the
vehicle control systems sector. Ms. Rahman is experienced in international corporate and commercial law
and in the field of anti-trust/competition law.
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Ms. Rahman holds law degrees from the University of Paris (II) and Oxford University and followed a
comparative law course at Columbia University, New York. Ms. Rahman qualified as a barrister in the United
Kingdom and is a member of the Inns of Court, Inner Temple, London professional association.
Mats Sacklén
Head of European M&A Practice, McDermott Will & Emery LLP
Mats Sacklén is a senior M&A partner in the London office of McDermott Will & Emery
LLP, having joined the firm in 2010 after more than ten years as a partner of another
international law firm. He is head of McDermott’s European M&A practice.
Mats advises multinational groups, private equity funds and other clients on crossborder
mergers, acquisitions, divestures, joint ventures and debt and equity investments, often involving
multiple jurisdictions, across a broad range of industry sectors. He also has significant experience in the area
of international privatisations, having represented investors in acquisitions of, and joint ventures with, stateowned
enterprises in Central and Eastern Europe, China and other emerging markets.
Having lived and practiced in a number of different countries during his career, Mats has significant deal
experience from all corners of the world. He also has extensive in-house experience, having held a senior inhouse
legal position at the headquarters of ABB, the power and automation technology group, in Zurich,
Switzerland throughout the 1990s.
Mats is a former member of the Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC) – Steering
Committee on Central and Eastern Europe and a former member of an Expert Group within BIAC advising
OECD on the preparation and negotiation of its proposed Multilateral Agreement on Investment.
Mats, who is admitted to practice in New York (1985) and in Sweden (2001), graduated from Uppsala
University School of Law (J.D. and LL.M.) in 1982 and from Harvard Law School (LL.M., Rotary Scholar) in
1984.
Dr Armin Toifl
General Counsel Austria and Cluster CEE, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Österreich
After studying law in Linz Toifl 1983, Armin started his career at the Voest-Alpine AG. In
1994 he became head of the legal department at Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau
GmbH & Co (now Siemens VAI Metals Technologies GmbH). With effect from 1 July 2008
he was appointed General Counsel of Siemens Austria and the CEE regional clusters and
assumed the leadership of the Central Office of Legal & Compliance.
Session 115: Top compliance threats in Europe – is your company aware and prepared?
Chad A Fentress
Vice-President, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Nokia Corporation
Chad’s vision and impact in the area of ethics and compliance have been well recognized
by the ethics and compliance community. He has served as a faculty member for a
number of international symposia dedicated to corporate governance and compliance
including the Ethics & Compliance Officers Association, Business Ethics Leadership
Council, Forbes Business Ethics Summit and the ABA. The Ethisphere Institute recently
recognized Chad as one of the top 10 Compliance Officers in 2010 as a result of his work
at Accenture, where he transformed the ethics & compliance function into a tightly
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integrated team of 30 international professionals which has been widely recognized for its leading practices
and innovations – innovations with real results as Accenture was recognized as one of the “World’s Most
Ethical Companies” by Ethisphere for four consecutive years and its code of conduct was rated as an “A” and
among the top 7 of the thousands of codes reviewed by Ethisphere.
Chad has also worked beyond the enterprise to promote ethical conduct. He has worked closely with nongovernmental
organizations such as the World Economic Forum’s Partnering Against Corruption Initiative
and had made substantial contributions to the UN Global Compact as a member of the Principle 10 Task
Force where he wrote substantial portions of the UN’s guidance for communicating on progress against
principle 10.
Chad has recently joined Nokia as its first Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer where he is responsible for
support and development of the Nokia Code of Conduct, corporate investigations, privacy, anticorruption
and competition law as well as promoting the highest ethical standards in all the countries Nokia operates.
This role is global and includes Nokia’s subsidiaries, affiliates and joint venture companies. Additionally,
Chad works in close cooperation with the Nokia Siemens Networks Ethics and Compliance Officer.
Chad attended Indiana University for both his undergraduate (organic chemistry) and graduate (law school)
degrees.
Alisia Grenville
Corporate Vice-President and Chief Compliance Officer, ST Microelectronics, NV
Alisia Grenville is an accomplished corporate officer and legal professional with proven
global success applying her expertise in Corporate Compliance, Legal Compliance,
Governance, Ethics and Diversity, and Administration to mitigate corporate risk. Skilled
in guiding organizations through periods of growth, crisis, and large-scale change, she is
sought after as a go-to resource for senior management and boards, and serves as key
liaison for client relationships and corporate initiatives. Ms. Grenville currently serves as Corporate Vice
President, Chief Compliance officer, and Executive Secretary to the Board for ST Microelectronics, NV of
Geneva, Switzerland, where she has established an effective Compliance Organization and driven a
successful cultural transformation to focus on compliance. Ms. Grenville previously served as Compliance
Officer and Counsel, Europe and International for Merck Serono SA, where she formalized Compliance and
Risk Management for this pharmaceutical company’s operations on three continents. As Compliance Officer
and Facilitator at Zurich Financial Services of Zurich, Switzerland, Ms. Grenville created a more robust
compliance function and embedded compliance firmly within the business framework and corporate culture.
Ms. Grenville holds a Diploma with Distinction in International Compliance from the University of
Manchester & ICA, United Kingdom, an LLB/J.D. from the University of Sussex, Brighton, England, a Civil Law
Certificate from the Université d’ Avignon, Avignon, France, along with degrees in French and Italian that
facilitate cross-cultural communication. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and in
England and Wales. A skilled communicator, Ms. Grenville has served as Keynote, Panellist, or Speaker on
various compliance and professional empowerment topics.
Nick Holland
Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP
Nick Holland has over 17 years’ experience in advising clients on international
technology projects and most of his work is international.
Nick’s main areas of practice are consumer and commercial transactions, global
compliance programs, IT and Telecommunications outsourcing transactions for a range
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of clients across EMEA, and as he was an in house lawyer for many years his main clients are senior in house
counsel.
With extensive experience of working with, and co-ordinating and managing Foreign Counsel, Nick has
advised on all types of multi-jurisdiction technology projects.
Nick is a regular speaker at ACCE in Europe, Commerce and Industry Group meetings and various lawyer
conferences. Nick also runs an in house technology forum for senior technology in house counsel and is well
known to most technology in house counsel throughout EMEA.
He is regarded by both Chambers and The Legal 500 as a leading individual in technology.
Session 116: Antitrust: New challenges for the web-based economy
Marco Kerschen
Vice-President & Head of European Legal Division, Polo Ralph Lauren Europe SARL
Marco R. Kerschen is General Counsel – EMEA for Ralph Lauren and leads the Company’s
Legal Division based in Geneva, Switzerland. In this role, he is responsible for all legal,
regulatory and compliance matters in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Mr. Kerschen
joined Ralph Lauren in January 2006 and specializes in corporate, licensing and
transactional matters. Prior to joining Ralph Lauren, Mr. Kerschen worked for over 7
years at The Procter & Gamble Company’s corporate headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio
where he handled merger & acquisitions, licensing and private equity projects.
Mr. Kerschen holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Sorbonne University (Paris, France) and an LL.M degree
from the University of Chicago Law School (U.S). He is a member of the New York State Bar and is also
admitted as a solicitor in United Kingdom.
Mr. Kerschen is active in various professional organizations, and is a frequent guest speaker at seminars and
conferences on corporate transactions and intellectual property topics.
Christopher Nelson
Attorney, Antitrust Group, Microsoft Corporation
Chris Nelson is an attorney in Microsoft’s Antitrust Group. The Antitrust Group is
responsible for a variety of matters, including M&A strategy and clearances, government
investigations and litigation, compliance, counseling support for product development,
sales and marketing, and policy matters.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Nelson was a litigation associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in
New York, and at Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati in Seattle. He is admitted to the bars of New York and
Washington.
Mr. Nelson graduated from Columbia Law School in 2003. He received his B.S. from the University of
Washington.
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José Rivas
Head of International EU & Competition Group, Bird & Bird LLP
José is a genuine authority in the field of competition law, praised for his experience
across the full spectrum of the practice. José is the head of Bird & Bird LLP’s
International EU and Competition Group.
His practice covers all aspects of EU and competition law including in particular articles 101 and 102, state
aid and merger control and public procurement. José has extensive experience in representing leading US,
Japanese and European clients across a broad range of industries, including aviation, media,
telecommunications, energy and biotechnology. José also has extensive litigation experience before the
European Courts in Luxembourg, having represented clients in over 50 cases, including two in the “Grand
Chamber” of the European Court of Justice.
José has represented clients under investigation and obtained phase I and phase II merger control clearance
by the European Commission and other national competition authorities, and has filed complaints with such
authorities. He also regularly organises anti-trust audits to help clients identify current or potential
infringements and has devised compliance programmes to help prevent future infringements.
Prior to joining Bird & Bird LLP, José was head of a leading US firm’s Brussels office and co-head of the firm’s
European competition group.
José is editor of the World Competition, Law and Economics Journal (Kluwer) and has written extensively on
competition law. He is a visiting professor at the College of Europe, and is a frequent speaker at conferences
and seminars. He is also a member of the Working Groups on Competition and State Aids Law of the
European Confederation of Business Associations (Business Europe) and a member of the Executive
Committee of the Global Competition Law Centre (Brussels).
Session 117: The changing legal services environment: specialization vs. standardization, are you
prepared?
Orijit Das
Senior Legal Counsel and Vice President for Europe, GenPact
Orijit Das works for Genpact as their European General Counsel and is responsible for
Genpact’s legal affairs and Offshoring transactions out of Europe. Genpact is a leading
provider of Business Services and is listed on the NYSE (www.genpact.com).
In the past Mr Das has worked as the EMEA & India - General Counsel for a large technology company and
for leading international law firms like Bird & Bird, K&L Gates, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur
Andersen.
Mr. Das has been involved with the Offshoring industry from its very inception and over the last decade has
been recognised as a leading specialist in this area by numerous publications including the Euromoney Guide
to Leading Lawyers and the International Legal Alliance Award & Summit etc.
In addition, Mr. Das is involved with issues facing Corporate Counsels in Europe and regularly addresses
conferences and summits across the globe on challenges facing the Corporate Counsel. Mr Das is a member
of the board for the Association of Corporate Counsel (“ACC”) Europe, and in his capacity as the UK country
rep is heavily involved in its activities in Europe. He is also a member of the Legal Services Board (which
regulates the legal profession in the UK) as an advisor on emerging issues affecting the legal professional in
the UK.
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Susie Flook
Group General Counsel, The Body Shop International plc
Susie Flook is currently Group General Counsel for The Body Shop International plc with
responsibility for all legal matters on a global basis. The Body Shop produces skin and hair
care products and accessories, which are sold worldwide mainly through a franchise
system. The company trades in 66 countries and has over 2,800 retail outlets. It is now a
wholly owned subsidiary of L’Oreal of Paris Susie was previously the company’s Group
Intellectual Property Counsel. She has been with the company for over twelve years.
Prior to that she was General Counsel - Intellectual Property for Diageo plc, (formerly Guinness plc) an
international company, producing, distributing and marketing branded consumer products and services
throughout the world. It is one of the world's most profitable alcoholic drinks companies, the UK's leading
exporter in the food and drinks sector and the EU's fifth largest consumer foods group.
Susie is also a Founding Director and Past President of the American Corporate Counsel Association's
(ACCA’s) European Chapter – now known as the Association of Corporate Counsel Europe (ACCE). This
professional organisation exists to promote and support the role of the in-house counsel globally. Susie is
now on the main board of the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Susie won the prestigious ACCA Member of the Year Award in 1999 and in 2003 received the Law Society of
England and Wales Gazette Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding service to the in-house counsel
profession. In 2009 Susie and her IP team won the award for in house excellence at the World Leaders
International IP Awards ceremony in London.
Susie was previously Group Legal Counsel and Company Secretary for CPC (United Kingdom) Ltd the U.K.
subsidiary of the American multinational food manufacturer, CPC International Inc. (now owned by
Unilever). She held this position for just over seven years covering not only the U.K. legal function but also
CPC's European intellectual property work and certain acquisition and transaction work in the U.K., Central
and Eastern Europe, South Africa, Denmark, Holland and Italy. Prior to working for CPC she was Division
Attorney for five years for The Coca-Cola Export Corporation in its Australasian and Central Pacific Divisions
located first in Sydney and then later in Hong Kong.
Susie gained her Arts and Law degrees from Sydney University. She currently resides in the UK.
Session 118: Soft skills for lawyers: becoming more influential internal advocates
David Lever
Director, Bi-Jingo (UK based drama training company)
David Lever is one of the founding directors of Bi-Jingo – one of the UK’s leading dramabased
training companies. Bi-Jingo is now global, with teams of actor role-players in
Asia, Europe and the USA. David is a communication and interpersonal skills training
specialist. He was an actor before becoming an accredited assessor of behavioural
competency – so he has a unique insight in understanding the art as well as the science of inspiring
audiences. Expect a noisy, fun-filled room where he will bring it all to life for ACCE members.
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Session 119: Balancing productivity and quality with optimized legal touch
Jeremy Barton
General Counsel, The Boston Consulting Group
Jeremy Barton is a partner and the General Counsel of The Boston Consulting Group
Inc., where he is responsible for all legal matters. He is a member of BCG's Executive
Committee.
In addition to advising the CEO and leadership of BCG at a strategic level, Jeremy and his global team counsel
BCG partners on operational legal matters as well as on issues relating to professional standards, risk, crisis
management, ethics, corporate governance, group structure and intellectual property.
In this context, he is responsible for the coordination of legal resources throughout BCG, managing
relationships with many law firms and other professional service firms providing support to his function.
Jeremy is also a member of BCG's Organization Practice with particular focus on Organizational Design for
the legal and compliance functions of BCG's multinational clients. He has spent the last decade operating as
a European and Global General Counsel, leading international legal functions in change management and
organizational improvement.
His previous experience includes having been General Counsel at Ernst & Young Global and Deputy Global
General Counsel at Andersen Worldwide. Prior to working in-house, Jeremy was in private practice in the
London and Paris offices of Norton Rose.
Amelie de Marsily
Senior Director, Legal Services, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia, Cisco
Amélie de Marsily is a Senior Director of Legal at Cisco Systems, a worldwide leader in
networking products, services and solutions for the Internet. She currently leads and
manages a team of 25 lawyers and contract negotiators who look after all legal issues
that arise from the sale of Cisco's products, services and solutions in Europe, Middle
East, Africa and Russia. She sits on the EMEAR Leadership Board and various other
company boards around Europe. Previous to that role, to which she was appointed in July 2011, she was
responsible for European Markets. She has been with Cisco 11 years.
Amélie is a French avocat (1995) and before joining Cisco worked at Clifford Chance in Paris and Madrid,
where is now based. She is involved in Cisco’s inclusion and diversity efforts, and led for a couple of years, at
European level, Cisco’s women’s network, Connected Women. She is a native French speaker and fluent in
English and Spanish, and proficient in Swedish.
Riccardo Ventura
Vice President and General Counsel Europe, Adam Opel AG
Riccardo Ventura is VP and General Counsel of Adam Opel AG, based in Rüsselsheim,
Germany. In his role, he is responsible for all legal affairs of General Motors in Europe.
He earned a Juris Doctor degree from Università degli Studi di Parma in 1987 and a
Master of Laws (LL.M) in Common Law Studies from Georgetown University in
Washington D.C. in 1993.
Before joining GM in May 2005, he worked for 12 years in private practice, advising Italian and foreign
clients on M&A and commercial transactions with Brosio Casati e Associat/Allen&Overy and Pavia e Ansaldo.
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During his years with GM, Riccardo has led the legal work on several projects like the restructuring of the
Opel/Vauxhall group and most recently the global alliance between GM and PSA Peugeot Citröen.
Riccardo Ventura is the author of various publications on Italian company law.
Session 120: Successfully managing legal risk across a multinational global presence
Dan Fitz
Group General Counsel, British Telecommunications
Dan joined BT Group plc in April 2010 as its Group General Counsel.
Prior to joining BT, Dan served for six years as Executive Vice President, General Counsel
& Company Secretary of Misys plc. Dan spent 12 years at Cable & Wireless plc. He served
as Group General Counsel at C&W his last four years there. Before becoming an inhouse
lawyer, Dan worked at both Baring Brothers, the UK investment bank, and
Pillsbury Winthrop, the US law firm.
Dan’s main practice areas are corporate law, mergers & acquisitions, software licensing and governance.
Dan studied law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (JD Hons. 1985). Dan also has an
economics degree from UNC (BA Hons, 1981) and a Diploma in International & Comparative Politics from the
London School of Economics (Dipl. Distinction 1982).
In 2009 Dan was Chair of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), an in-house lawyers association with
over 29,000 members. He is an attorney (New York) and a solicitor (England & Wales).
Steven Grubb
Director of Compliance, Diageo, Plc
A UK qualified solicitor, and currently Global Compliance & Ethics Director at Diageo,
Steven has extensive international experience in blue chip multi-national companies
including Lloyds Bank, Cable & Wireless and BP. For the past 12 years he has been
working with senior level business leaders and Audit and Risk committees in all aspects
of the compliance and risk lifecycle. Steven specializes in setting up effective risk and compliance functions
to develop programmes compliant with the appropriate laws and regulations whilst also aligned to business
performance goals.
Axel Viaene
EMEA Legal Director, Starbucks Coffee EMEA BV
Axel Viaene joined Starbucks Coffee as EMEA Legal Director, Corporate Counsel in 2003.
He is based at the company’s European headquarters and roasting facility in Amsterdam.
His responsibilities include providing legal counsel and training to the European
Starbucks business on a broad range of issues, particularly in the areas of commercial,
licensing, franchise, M&A, real estate, employment, competition, contract management,
corporate governance and environmental law and works councils.
Prior to joining Starbucks, Axel served from 2000 until 2003 as Benelux Legal Director for Dell Inc., based in
Amsterdam, advising the Belgian and Dutch management teams and helping to set up the company’s
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government relations function in Brussels. Prior to Dell, Axel worked as international associate attorney at
the global headquarters of The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta from 1997 until 2000.
Axel has been a member of the New York Bar since 1998 and served as President of the Board of Directors of
the European Chapter of ACC during the 2009-2010 term. Mr. Viaene received an LL.M. from the University
of Chicago Law School, where he was a recipient of Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial and Fulbright
scholarships, and is a graduate of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Law School in Belgium. He is fluent in
English, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Italian.
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