Michael Shepherd
Partner
Sydney
Michael Shepherd
Partner
Sydney
Contact Details
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. Michael has represented multi-national corporations and global financial institutions in high profile trials and investigations in Australia, the U.S. and Asia. Michael regularly advises clients in relation to investigations and enforcement actions brought by ASIC and the ACCC. His cross border regulatory experience includes dealings with key U.S., European and Asian financial services and anti-trust agencies.
Michael is recognised by Chambers Asia Pacific 2016 as an “up and coming partner” “especially respected for his knowledge of financial services issues”. Chambers notes that Michael “attracts highly positive comments from both peers and clients, the former seeing him as ‘an up-and-coming partner with a lot going for him,’ whilst the latter describe him as ‘very on the ball’ and an ‘insightful, clear and forthright’ practitioner who ‘gets stuck into things.’”
Michael is a member of the New York Bar, having spent six years with a leading U.S. firm. He is co-author of the chapter on class action law in Australia for “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
