Bio
Michelle is a Family Partner.
Michelle regularly advises business owners, entrepreneurs, company directors, senior executives, professionals, individuals and their spouses with inherited or generational wealth.
She advises owner-managed businesses and family companies where divorce or separation has the potential to impact business continuity, shareholder interests and succession planning. Working closely with corporate colleagues, accountants and tax advisers, Michelle develops practical strategies that protect business interests while achieving fair financial outcomes for clients.
Her experience also includes advising professionals such as solicitors, accountants, medical practitioners, dentists and consultants where partnership interests, professional practices, deferred remuneration and pension arrangements require detailed financial analysis.
Examples of Michelle’s work include:
- Advising a lottery winner in relation the preparation a pre- and post-nuptial agreement.
- Advising on a complex financial remedy case with third-generational farm including involvement of a third-party intervenor.
- Representing a company director in contested financial remedy proceedings involving allegations of non-disclosure and hidden assets, working alongside forensic accountants to achieve a favourable financial settlement.
- Successfully representing a mother in family law and Children Act proceedings involving serious allegations of harm towards the mother and children, resulting in a multi-day, fact-finding hearing with parallel criminal proceedings.