Michael focuses his practice on corporate transactions for private equity and corporate clients, including mergers & acquisitions, portfolio investments and fund structuring. He also advises clients on a variety of corporate financing transactions, including both secured and unsecured financings.

Before joining Akin, Michael was an associate at one of Canada’s leading law firms. Prior to that, he clerked at the British Columbia Supreme Court.

Michael is a graduate from the JD/MBA program at the University of Toronto, where he was an associate editor of the Faculty of Law Review.