Michael Rose

Managing Partner
BA LLB
Sydney | +61 2 9230 4023
Michael.Rose@aar.com.au

Michael is the Managing Partner of Allens Arthur Robinson, based in Sydney.

As Managing Partner, Michael leads a team of executive partners and corporate services directors responsible for overseeing the firm's professional practice, client relationships and business operations in the nine countries in which the firm operates.

Before becoming Managing Partner, Michael was the head of the firm's Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department and a commercial litigator specialising in large-scale commercial disputes. He has acted for clients in significant disputes throughout Australia and in the United States, Europe and several Asian jurisdictions. He has practised in Australia, the United States and Hong Kong.

Michael has been ranked as one of Australia's leading litigation and dispute resolution lawyers by Chambers Global Guide to the world's leading lawyers. His clients have included Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Dow Corning Corporation, Estée Lauder Inc., Export-Import Bank of the United States, Aristocrat Leisure Limited and Sports & Entertainment Limited.

Outside the firm, Michael is the Chairman of ChildFund Australia, an international aid and development organisation that supports more than 55,000 children and their communities in developing countries. He is also a member of the Education, Skills and Innovation Task Force of the Business Council of Australia.