Michael is a partner in Gilbert + Tobin’s Energy and Resources group. He has over 40 years' experience across a range of jurisdictions, particularly in Africa where there are strong tribal and traditional connections to land and culture. Michael is not a native title lawyer, rather he has a demonstrated record of agreement making where the expectations of Governments, Industry and First Nations peoples have been brought together for the betterment of all. Michael has served on numerous ASX listed companies and is currently the Non-Executive Chairman of Develop Global Limited, a future facing mining company with an advanced copper/zinc project in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, and a soon to be recommissioned copper/zinc mining project at Woodlawn in New South Wales and the subject to shareholder support the owner of an advanced lithium exploration project in the Kalgoorlie region on Western Australia.