What can I do for you
Michelle is a specialist employment solicitor based in Birmingham. She has over 12 years of experience advising on all areas of employment law, with particular specialisms in employment-related litigation and discrimination. She also advises clients on business immigration matters, including right to work at all stages of the employment relationship. She works with clients of all sizes across various sectors including retail, logistics, telecom, and food service and facilities management.
Supporting your ambitions
Michelle builds trusted, long-term relationships with clients, working in close partnership to deliver tailored, commercially sound solutions. Her pragmatic and practical approach ensures that advice is aligned with clients' values and strategic goals, to deliver meaningful outcomes and lasting value.
In litigation matters, Michelle works in collaboration with key stakeholders to identify their objectives and risk appetite to devise robust, commercial strategies to achieve resolution.
Michelle has supported a large employer with a complex transformation project, working alongside their implementation teams to identify and achieve their immediate priorities and longer-term goals. By gathering regular feedback and identifying trends, she partnered with the client to implement streamlined and efficient processes, resulting in time savings for the client.
What do others say
"Michelle Clarke demonstrates exceptional pragmatism, consistently offering valuable advice when faced with complex challenges."
What else should you know
Michelle regularly presents client and external training on a variety of topics, including need to know employment law developments for HR specialists and managers.
Outside work, Michelle is an amateur hiker and snowboarder.
