"I genuinely love what I do."
Michael is a partner and advocate in Collas Crill's dispute resolution department. He specialises in regulatory, insolvency and trust disputes and advises clients on all aspects of their relationships with regulators, clients and competitors. This includes advice relating to initial compliance and licensing matters, through to investigations and litigation of disputes.
In addition to his financial services work, Michael has an interest in corporate insolvency and reconstructions as well as broader corporate and commercial litigation matters. He is a member of the IBA (Insolvency Section), ARIES and R3.
Prior to joining Collas Crill Michael was a senior lawyer in the Enforcement Division of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC). During his seven years at ASIC, predominantly within its Enforcement Directorate, Michael was involved in some of the most significant and high profile enforcement matters handled by ASIC in the areas of financial services, regulatory compliance and corporate insolvency.
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Dispute Resolution
When your business is involved in any kind of legal dispute it's crucial to work with lawyers who are hands-on, cost-effective and flexible enough to respond quickly and intuitively to your unique sit...
Contentious Trusts
We represent trust corporations, individual trustees and beneficiaries, often dealing with novel points of law and creating new and innovative solutions to fit the needs of our clients. Given the inte...
Insolvency & Restructuring
For financially distressed companies in need of restructuring and reorganisation, or for those where the opportunity to do so has passed or failed, Collas Crill's insolvency and restructuring team wor...
Risk & Regulatory
Collas Crill's multi-disciplinary approach to providing Risk & Regulatory services ensures that every aspect of our clients' businesses is covered. By drawing on the skills and experience of a highly ...
In a case that will be of particular interest to all manner of financial institutions, the English Commercial Court has upheld a bank's decision to ex...
Court Refuses to Thaw Bank's Decision to Freeze
In a case that will be of particular interest to all manner of financial institutions, the Commercial Court has upheld a bank's decision to exercise i...
Bankruptcy prevented by High Court
In the recent High Court case of Digby-Rogers v Speechly Bircham LLP [2019] EWHC 1568 (Ch), a City law firm which was owed £167k was prevented in its ...
JFSC announces financial penalty
The Jersey Financial Services Commission has announced it has issued its first civil penalty against a Jersey regulated business related to historic c...
Royal Court consider equitable lien
Collas Crill LLP recently represented Joint Liquidators who applied to the Royal Court for directions in respect of a class of claims made in the liqu...
Collas Crill’s ongoing work with Sark Electricity Limited has resulted in the Sark Electricity Price Control Commissioner agreeing to a Court order se...
Orexim Trading Limited v Mahavir Port and Terminal Private Limited [2018] EWCA Civ 1660 We recently updated you on the Court of Appeal's decision in ...
Building a gateway upon a gateway
A recent decision of the English Court of Appeal in the Eurasia Sports Limited v Mahchi Aguad, has arguably broadened the definition of what constitut...
