• - Advising businesses on difficult employment situations
• - Helping to manage cross-border HR issues for multinational businesses
• - Acting as an adviser and arbiter on disputes and commercial matters
• - Running a busy and growing team of employment and incentives lawyers

I have been noted as a leading employment practitioner in both Chambers and The Legal 500. Also in the Guide to the World's Leading Labour and Employment Lawyers, The International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment Lawyers and Who's Who in American Law.

I regularly speak at client and industry conferences and seminars.

I regularly contribute articles to various publications, including Management Today and People Management.

• - I assisted a listed-company to agree satisfactory terms in an acrimonious dispute with their departing CEO.
• - I represented a major professional services firm in the (successful) defence of a high-profile discrimination claim.
• - I advised a large communications company on the poaching of a team from a major competitor, avoiding injunctive action through careful planning and preparation.
• - I acted for a major US media corporation coordinating a restructuring exercise across 18 countries.

- BA Columbia University (History) (including one year at the London School of Economics)
- MPhil Cambridge University (International Relations)
- College of Law (CPE and Finals) 
- (Plus more recently, a one-day course at Rick Stein's Seafood Cookery School).

What the commentators say

"He [Michael] is an expert at handling the most sensitive matters. He sees straight to the core of an issue and leaves no stone unturned." (Chambers 2011)

"Michael Burd is recommended for his 'exceptional wisdom, negotiating skills, and ability to give difficult advice very clearly'." (Legal 500 2010)

I think it's fair to say I'm a bit of a 'foodie' who:

• - likes to wash down a meal with fine wines
• - preferably while travelling
• - or else after the cinema or theatre
• - with friends and loved ones
• - sometimes bemoaning the fact that I don't get to exercise as much as I'd like.