Michael Jacobs is Special Counsel at Pentana Stanton Lawyers with more than three decades in commercial litigation, insolvency and secured recoveries. He has acted in class actions and in High Court and Supreme Court test cases, with particular depth in banking and managed investment schemes. Michael holds degrees in law and commerce from the University of Melbourne and was admitted in 1988.
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