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Michael Osei
Partner, Corporate Disputes
Biography
Michael Osei joined Mercer & Stone in 2012 and made partner in 2022, advising on joint venture disputes and boardroom deadlock across the energy and technology sectors.
He is known for a pragmatic approach to shareholder disputes, often working alongside the firm's Insolvency & Restructuring practice where a JV counterparty's financial position is deteriorating.
Philosophy
"What do clients underestimate about commercial disputes?"
How often a joint venture dispute is really a governance failure that happened months earlier. By the time it reaches us, the legal question is usually simpler than the relationship question underneath it.
Representative Matters
Recent Insights
Recent thinking from Michael.
Boardroom