Michael Palmer is a Partner in the Firm's Civil and Commercial Litigation Practice Group and is also Head of the Sports and Media Practice Group. Michael’s main areas of practice are in civil and commercial litigation and sports law.

Michael has been involved in several high profile cases involving well known personalities and national government. He has advised senior members of the Cabinet and senior members of Parliament in the prosecution of their defamation actions and the Philippines Government in relation to the recovery of monies allegedly appropriated by former President Marcos and his family.

He has also represented local and international organisations and entrepreneurs in both litigation and commercial arbitration involving complex cross border issues in the industries of telecommunications, intellectual property and technology and manufacturing. He has also advised both borrowers and financial institutions in litigation involving loan restructuring issues. Some of his cases include having acted successfully for the Business Software Alliance, the founding shareholders of the Raffles Town Club (which saw the longest civil trial in Singapore), a leading foreign telecommunications player and the largest pineapple producer in Thailand.

The Sports and Media Practice Group that he heads is one of the first of its kind in Singapore. He represents individual athletes, national sports associations and governmental organisations in the development of sports in Singapore and clients in the media, entertainment and information technology industries. More recently Michael and his sports and media team assisted Sentosa Development Corporation on the Barclays Singapore Open.

Michael is currently an advisor to various clubs and associations in Singapore, including the Malayan Racing Association and the Singapore Turf Club, a role which requires him to advise on their constitution, rules and regulations and internal dispute resolution procedures. He is also a Member of the Singapore Parliament.

Michael was called to the Singapore Bar in 1995.