holds a DEA post-graduate diploma in private law (Paris I university), a specialised master's degree in technology and management from the Ecole Centrale de Paris, and a DESS post-graduate qualification in international trade and commerce from Paris II university and the Paris Institute of Political Studies.
Michel practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, contractual relations, and financing, distribution and real-estate transactions for industrial and service companies, banks and investment funds. He also conducts commercial litigation and practices inheritance law in complex disputes.
For several years, Michel taught Law and Ethics and Corporate Governance on Canada's Concordia University MBA programme. He also lectures at conferences particularly on drafting liabilities guarantees and the criminal liability of executive officers. He has trained lawyers from the international firms Paul Hastings and Clifford Chance in conducting acquisition audits. He also lectures at the Paris Bar School and has already been published.
He works in both French and English and has a good command of Arabic.
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Arbitration over a $15 billion sultanate: on 6 February 2023, the Paris Court of Appeal refused to grant exequatur to the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu
The Paris Court of Appeal dismissed the Sultan's heirs' application for enforcement of an arbitral award in their favour, sidestepping the question of whether the dispute between the Sultan's heirs and Malaysia over rights to the territory of the former sultanate could give rise to arbitration.
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