Mike's primary area of expertise is in banking and financial services disputes arising from lending, hedging, regulated sales and private equity. Mike also advises in a wide range of commercial disputes, typically including cross jurisdictional issues.
Attentive and user-friendly with clients and counsel, while being ruthless with the opposition. Mike is vastly experienced, endlessly energetic, and obsessed with fighting his client’s corner in the most efficient and cost-effective way possible.
Legal 500
- 2022
I would thoroughly endorse Mike, and the rest of his litigation team, for their significant contribution to us in the face of a highly complex and challenging process. With his formidable experience as a leading litigator, aligned with his creativity, calmness and standout intellect, Mike is rightly considered to be one the best in the business.
Infrastructure client CEO
Michael Hawthorne grasps the complexities of a case extremely quickly.
Phillipa is a construction law specialist, dual qualified as a lawyer and civil engineer, advising on project delivery and disputes across the energy and infrastructure sectors in Asia Pacific, including on Private Public Partnerships.
Peter is an experienced corporate tax advisor with particular expertise in relation to private equity transactions acting for investors, management teams and shareholders.
Helen is a Senior Practice Development Lawyer in our pensions team and focuses on the knowledge, training and practice development needs of our lawyers and clients.
Heidi is a specialist infrastructure planning lawyer, highly experienced in supporting public sector clients on their project work, with a particular focus on large scale infrastructure schemes and regeneration projects involving land assembly through compulsory purchase.
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