Background
Theodoor Roell was born in 1952. The Netherlands is the country in which his university education and his admission to the bar are documented.
Leyden University
Theodoor Roell was born in 1952. The Netherlands is the country in which his university education and his admission to the bar are documented.
Leiden University was founded on 8 February 1575 by William, Prince of Orange, as a Protestant institution in the city of Leiden. It is the oldest surviving university in the Netherlands and was established during the Eighty Years' War, when the northern provinces were resisting Spanish rule. Its motto, Praesidium Libertatis, refers to the city's resistance during the Spanish siege.
Roell's university record at Leyden University, the older spelling of the name, is dated 1977 and is recorded together with his admission to the bar in that year.
Roell's documented professional position is partner at Resident Associates. In legal practice, a partner is a senior lawyer who shares in the ownership and management of a firm.