2 - 3 September 2010

Sheraton Perth Hotel, WA

Michael Blakiston
Partner
Blakiston & Crabb Lawyers

Michael Blakiston holds degrees of Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Western Australia. After initially practising as a solicitor and then general counsel, he established his own legal practice in 1984 and then formed a partnership with Rick Crabb in 1992.

Michael has practised in the areas of resource, corporate, commercial, property and technology and intellectual property law both in Australia and in more recent times, overseas. In these various areas of law Michael has experience in project assessment, structuring and financing, joint ventures and strategic alliances, development arrangements, project and product commercialisation and licensing, initial public offerings, corporate restructuring, takeovers and mergers, corporate and project fundraisings either with debt or equity, construction and service contracts and asset purchases and sales.

With the increasing trend towards globalisation, Michael’s overseas experience has now covered in excess of 30 countries, many of which have been visited during the course of providing advice.

Apart from advising clients Michael has held numerous public company directorships.

Michael's resources experience was recently recognised in the international legal publication "Who's Who Legal". Michael was acknowledged as being one of the top 20 resources lawyers in the world.