Michael Shepherd
Partner
Sydney
Michael Shepherd
Partner
Sydney
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Michael advises the firm’s key international clients and their senior executives on their most significant disputes and regulatory investigations. His practice focuses on complex, high stakes, commercial litigation, class actions and contentious regulatory matters. He has represented multi-national corporations and global financial institutions in high profile trials and investigations in Australia, the U.S. and Asia.
Michael has advised on some of Australia’s largest and most complex litigation and investigations, and also regularly advises clients in relation to investigations and enforcement actions brought by ASIC and the ACCC. Having spent six years litigating in New York with a leading U.S. firm, Michael has particular expertise in managing cross-border disputes. His cross border regulatory experience includes dealings with key U.S., European and Asian financial services and anti-trust agencies.
Michael has been consistently recognised for his work by leading legal directories. In addition to his Australian qualifications, he is a member of the New York Bar. Michael graduated with first class honours in law from the University of Sydney, completed a BCL at Oxford University and studied competition law at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He is co-author of the Australian chapter of “Litigating Securities Class Actions” (published by LexisNexis).
Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Investigations, Enforcement and Business Crime
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia, 2001
Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New York, U.S.A. 2007
Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S.A 2007
Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S.A 2011
Academic
BCL, Oxford University, 2004
Bachelor of Laws, (First Class Hons), University of Sydney, 2000Bachelor of Arts, (First Class Hons), University of Western Australia, 1997
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Expertise
Practices
Litigation, Arbitration and Investigations
Investigations, Enforcement and Business Crime
Sectors
Qualifications
Professional
Admitted as a solicitor in New South Wales, Australia, 2001
Admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of New York, U.S.A. 2007
Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, U.S.A 2007
Admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, U.S.A 2011
Academic
BCL, Oxford University, 2004
Bachelor of Laws, (First Class Hons), University of Sydney, 2000Bachelor of Arts, (First Class Hons), University of Western Australia, 1997
