Associate
Michelle Taylor is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Litigation & Trial Department.
Michelle has a broad practice within the firm’s International Arbitration, Complex Commercial Litigation, and White Collar Defense & Investigations practices, and she also advises on various aspects of international trade sanctions and export control laws.
Michelle has acted for clients in a range of high-profile and high-value cases before the High Court, Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, Privy Council, and arbitral tribunals. Her experience includes the first reported instance of the UK Supreme Court granting an anti-suit injunction concerning a foreign-seated arbitration.
Michelle maintains an active pro bono practice and was recently involved in producing a training and victim resource guide for domestic and gender-based violence. She also provides family legal advice to women in prison to facilitate relationships between mothers and their children and regularly advises clients as part of the Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau.
Before joining Latham, Michelle was a Captain in the United States Air Force. She spent her final three years in the military on an exchange program working with the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom, where she was awarded an AOC Commendation Medal as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Michelle’s experience includes advising:
Latham honored for persuading the UK Supreme Court to uphold a landmark ruling from The Court of Appeal.
Latham litigation team recognized for obtaining a landmark win at the UK Supreme Court for UniCredit, marking the first reported case of the English Courts issuing an injunction to support a foreign-seat arbitration.