Michaela is an associate in the litigation and arbitration team.
Michaela works on a variety of complex commercial litigations, which often have a cross-border element. She also assists on a number of international arbitrations, including investment treaty arbitrations under the ICSID rules. Michaela's experience also includes white collar defence and investigations, and she works on matters involving criminal and corporate investigations, serious fraud, extradition and financial regulation.
During her training contract at Withers, Michaela worked in four of the firm's teams: corporate, white collar defence and investigations, international arbitration and rural real estate. While working in the corporate team, Michaela assisted on a wide range of matters, including shareholder disputes, private investments, share sales and acquisitions, buybacks, group reorganisations and corporate governance advice.
Prior to joining Withers, Michaela was a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs in the Global Markets Division.