Michelle is an innovative and driven legal professional, specialized in Commercial Intellectual Property and Information Technology law. A South African qualified Attorney with substantial UK and international experience, she’s successfully supported clients across various sectors from startups to multinational FTSE and Nasdaq listed organizations. Her broad commercial experience honed from private practice and in-house roles, with both private and public sector clients, incorporates many industries, including information technology, software, business intelligence, finance, events, publishing, training, education and research.
An effective legal professional with over 9 years’ experience, Michelle deploys a pragmatic and solution oriented, commercially minded approach to risk management to identify weakness and build sustainable solutions. She maintains a flexible and co-operative style with a focus on commercialization of IP assets, strategic advising, streamlining processes and continuous improvement.
She possesses strong communication and organization skills, self-awareness, emotional intelligence and an infectiously positive outlook.