Michael Mills is recognized as one of Australia’s leading lawyers for complex commercial litigation and dispute resolution. He is a founding partner of the Quinn Emanuel Australia office.As a top commercial litigator, Michael has been the lead defence lawyer for some of Australia’s largest and most complex disputes, both for leading Australian and international companies. His areas of expertise include: directors, officers and civil liability, class actions and mass torts, product liability, regulatory investigations and resulting disputes, insurance – both insurance and risk solutions for policyholders, as well as insurance coverage disputes.Michael has been at the forefront of the move to seek to resolve commercial disputes by alternative dispute resolution, whether that be by arbitration, mediation, or other means. He is also an accredited mediator and teaches courses in Australia and overseas on negotiation and dispute resolution. This includes being a guest lecturer at Stanford Law School since 2011, author of Thomson Reuter’s recent publication, Dispute Resolution and an Advisory Board member of RAND Institute of Civil Justice.Michael is consistently rated as one of Australia’s leading litigation lawyers (Best Lawyers, Chambers, Who’s Who Legal, Asialaw and Benchmark Litigation and Legal 500). As well as recognised for many years running in the Alternative Dispute Resolution, Litigation, Insurance, Product Liability, Regulatory Practice and Class Actions categories.