Michelle Waknine is an associate in the corporate department at Fladgate.

She specialises in intellectual property, technology, data protection and commercial contracts.

Michelle acts for clients in a wide variety of industry sectors including leisure, retail, the hotel industry, fashion, sports, gaming, advertising, and publishing.

Examples of the transactions on which Michelle has advised are the negotiation of a merchandising and distribution agreement with a luxury fashion brand; and assisting with the commercial elements for a £30m development and franchise of a well-known hotel brand.

She qualified in 2017, having joined Fladgate in September 2015.