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ONE SILK STREET
LONDON
EC2Y 8HQ
England
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Michael Bennett

Work Department
Litigation.
Position
Michael is the firm’s Global Head of Dispute Resolution and has over 20 years’ experience in managing legal, regulatory, political and reputational risk in commercially sensitive situations and handling the related disputes. He has been based in London, New York and Asia and focuses particularly on all contentious aspects of large scale M&A and advising clients on various aspects of crisis management, helping navigate potential civil and criminal exposure alongside regulatory, parliamentary and media sensitivity (usually with a cross-border dimension). He has significant experience advising on fraud investigations and corruption risk, dealing with the SFO and other international regulatory bodies.
Career
Trainee solicitor Linklaters, London and Tokyo, 1989-91; assistant solicitor Linklaters, London 1991-94; secondment to British Airways’ legal department, London 1994-95; assistant solicitor Linklaters, New York 1995-96; London 1996-98; partner Hong Kong 1998-2000; partner London 2000.
Education
King’s College, London (LLB Hons).
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets: mid-large cap
- Risk advisory > ESG
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Transport > Rail
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Finance > Securitisation
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > High yield
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions – high-value deals (£500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Real estate > Property finance
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Finance > Trade finance
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport