Michael is a partner in the Washington, DC office of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP and Adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University. He is consistently recognized as a leading International practitioner by Chambers USA, Chambers Global, Legal 500, Benchmark Litigation, Euromoney, and other publications, and he represents companies and states in court proceedings involving sovereign immunity, act of state, and recognition and enforcement of foreign judicial and non-judicial awards. Michael is a member of the Board of Directors and International Advisory Committee of the American Arbitration Association, the Users Council of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, and the ICSID panel of arbitrators.