Bill Mordan
Senior vice president and group general counsel
Reckitt Benckiser
Bill Mordan manages a team of 58 legal professionals in offices in 19 countries for the global company. In 2011 he received the Association of Corporate Counsel’s award for ‘Excellence in corporate practice’, with the ACC describing him as:‘an invaluable asset to Reckitt Benckiser, Bill has built a strong legal department, developing a departmental structure that not only ensures worldwide compliance, but does so at costs well below the industry norm.’
Highlights for the team include leading the $1.4bn tender offer for Schiff Nutrition, a vitamin and mineral supplements firm, in late 2012. RB made a swift and surprise bid for Schiff after Bayer already announced it was going to acquire the company. Paul Weiss provided external advice.
Law firms used: Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, Lewis Silkin, Rouse Legal, Slaughter and May, Thrings, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
2003-present: Senior vice president and group general counsel, Reckitt Benckiser
1997-2003: Associate general counsel, Procter & Gamble