Michael Walsh KCBarrister at Serle Court (UK)Speaker
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Michael Walsh KC is a commercial chancery silk specialising in complex, high-value domestic and international disputes. He is recognised for his extensive trial and appellate experience, strategic judgement and incisive cross-examination. His practice spans commercial litigation, civil fraud, banking and financial services, personal and digital property, real estate, and professional liability, with a particular focus on disputes involving significant factual, legal and technical complexity.
Michael is known for getting to grips with demanding cases quickly and for delivering clear, commercial advice that clients can deploy with confidence. As one client observes: “Michael is always a pleasure to work with; he is strong on the law and excels on people skills and strategy.”
He is regularly instructed in urgent, high-value and strategically important applications, including freezing and proprietary injunctions and associated information orders, as well as in heavyweight trials and appeals. His litigation practice is both international and domestic in scope, and he continues to act for the Government in major, high-profile appellate litigation, including cases concerning the interpretation and effect of landmark legislation.
Recent and ongoing work includes a high-value dispute concerning a $1 billion online gaming business; a £100m+ group action arising from a defective tax-driven property structuring scheme; substantial disputes involving fraud and misrepresentation in investment and banking contexts; and high-value contractual and property litigation raising complex issues of securities, enforcement and asset preservation.