He obtained BCom, LLB and LLM (Public Law) degrees from the University of Cape Town. As an attorney, Michael has experience in general and commercial law litigation, arbitration and mediation. His areas of regular practice include contractual, delictual, construction, insurance, credit/lending, property/planning related litigation, and insolvency/liquidation matters. Michael also has extensive experience in public/administrative law litigation and practices regularly in tender/procurement reviews and regulatory matters, having acted for both private parties and municipalities in launching and defending review proceedings. Michael firmly believes in mediation as an efficient and cost-effective method of resolving disputes, and is a UCT accredited commercial mediator.