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Michael is experienced in advising on all employment and industrial
issues. He enjoys adding value to a client’s employment
relationships through his strategic input.
Particular areas of interest include:
 advising
on relationships with unions, including collective bargaining
strategies, collective employment agreement and industrial action
(strikes and lockouts)
protecting
confidential information and enforcing restraints of trade
guiding
clients through restructures
enhancing opportunities in business sales or
acquisitions, including down-stream issues.
Examples of
Michael’s work include:
recently
successfully acting for a company in the High Court in its defence of
claims of inducement to breach contract, conspiracy, and misuse
of confidential information brought by a competing company
advising
an Australasian company in relation to its industrial action
strategy, including ensuring the continued operation of the
company’s supply networks during an extended period of
industrial action
representing
a large manufacturing company in claims for damages against a union
for unlawful strike action
acting for a multi-national company in having a
departing senior manager’s confidentiality obligations upheld,
including having the recognised categories of confidential
information extended to include key strategic information relating to
suppliers.
Michael has
a strong litigation focus to his practice and has appeared in the
Court of Appeal, High Court, Employment Court
and Employment Relations Authority.
Michael was a contributing author to the
International Bar Association publication Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts and other
Mechanisms for Protection of Corporate Confidential Information.
In an
international publication ranking lawyers, Michael was rated by
clients for his ‘pragmatic approach’,
‘understanding of wider political and economic contexts’,
and ‘excellent strategic thinking’.
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