Michael is a Jersey Advocate and an English Solicitor and specialises in complex commercial and corporate litigation. Michael advises on a wide range of disputes, in particular trust, insurance-related and matters arising from the sale and purchase of businesses. He has considerable experience of acting for trustees in applications before the Royal Court and his practice includes regulatory investigations, contentious insolvency, corporate restructuring, and asset recovery. He is frequently instructed in contentious matters by leading offshore fiduciary services firms and banks. Michael also regularly receives instructions from international law firms to advise on matters of Jersey law.Before joining Ardent Chambers in 2021 Michael was a Partner with the offshore law firm Appleby where he served as the Managing Partner of its Jersey office and led the Jersey Dispute Resolution team. Prior to that he was a partner in the London office of the international law firm Dechert LLP, where he specialised in commercial litigation, regulatory investigations and anti-trust litigation.