Profile

Michael has a broad commercial and administrative law practice, with a particular focus on competition, corporations, tax litigation, equity and trusts, insolvency, construction and infrastructure, class actions, professional negligence, estates and real property.

Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific guide lists Michael as a leading junior in Dispute Resolution and Doyle’s Guide to the Australian Legal Profession 2017-2019 list Michael as a recommended junior barrister in a number of areas, including commercial litigation & disputes, insolvency & reconstruction, and tax. In addition, he is listed by the Australian Financial Review’s Best Lawyers as a recommended junior counsel for commercial litigation.

He advises and appears (led and alone) for public and private corporations, insolvency practitioners, insurance companies and individuals in all State and Federal courts and specialist tribunals. He is also experienced in mediations and large-scale commercial arbitration.

He was admitted as a solicitor in 2007, and was a Senior Associate in Cooper Grace Ward’s litigation and dispute resolution team prior to being called to the bar.