CMS

Corporate

Partner

Michelle’s focus is on the TMC, Consumer Products and Hotel & Leisure sectors. She advises clients on all aspects of, often multi-jurisdictional, matters including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate governance matters and general corporate advisory work. She also advises Hotels (and other) clients on commercial arrangements in connection with management, franchise and asset management agreements. She advises a number of charities and not-for-profit organisations.

Listed in Legal 500 2021 as a key lawyer. “Michelle Kirkland is a rising star. First-rate legal capability, hard-working and highly collaborative to get deals done across a wide range of stakeholders. Highly recommended.”

2009 – Commendation, Legal Practice Course, University of Law, London 2005 – Commendation, Graduate Diploma in Law, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames 2002 – First Class BA (Hons), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford