Michael Edwards is an energetic and highly experienced Commercial Solicitor. With over 40 years of experience, he began his career in private client and wealth management but was soon persuaded by his substantial clients to take on their corporate and commercial matters. For many years, he has focused primarily on corporate and commercial law, both nationally and internationally, while also retaining a number of high-net-worth private clients and handling high-level dispute resolution, including online fraud recovery. Michael has been an equity partner in two prominent City law firms, where he served as Head of Corporate and Commercial.
Michael is able to provide up-to-date legal documentation for a wide range of commercial purposes, including both business-to-consumer and business-to-business agreements. These range from intellectual property licenses, online terms and conditions, joint venture agreements, media distribution agreements, and supply and manufacturing agreements, among others. With his extensive experience, there are few documents he has not already handled, and none that he would not be confident in managing within the commercial spectrum. He is a committed contract lawyer and has substantial transactional experience, particularly in the commercial aspects, negotiations, and legalities of business restructurings, mergers, acquisitions, capitalisations, and securitisations.
Michael’s clients include both individuals and entities based abroad or operating internationally from the UK. He takes great satisfaction in addressing the commercial and legal challenges that arise from these cross-border activities.Known for providing a fast, effective service with clear communication, Michael works with professional assistants to ensure seamless delivery of these services.
One of the many reasons Michael feels fortunate to be a member of Spencer West is the presence of very able colleagues that enables him to refer, with confidence, matters outside his work area.