Michael is a partner specialising in international arbitration. He is one of the leading practitioners in the market worldwide, joining Quinn Emanuel in 2017 from Allen & Overy LLP (where he was Global Co-Head of their arbitration practice). Leading directories have described Michael as someone who has “the wit of a master, knows ICC rules inside out, and never loses”, a “perfect mastery of the rules of arbitration and procedure, as well as a spectacular ability to resolve cases” and “one of the country’s premier advocates… A connoisseur of international arbitration”. He is a law graduate of both Cambridge and Oxford Universities, and served as a Vice-President of the ICC Court of Arbitration.