SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES - Association of Corporate Counsel

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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