Dr Michael J Bowes

Michael has extensive experience in law including environmental, planning, utilities, energy, and competition. He has particular expertise in water law.

Michael joins Chambers as a pupil from private practice. During the previous decade he worked with Eversheds Sutherland LLP and BCLP LLP as a senior regulatory specialist focusing on environmental, planning, competition and water law. Previous to this he worked as a lawyer with international organisations (The United Nations, The Council of Europe) private organisations (fund management, private enterprise, private practice). He has also taught law at Glasgow University.

Michael was previously supervised by Nicholas Ostrowski, who specialises in environmental, regulatory, public and water law and Gordon Menzies who specialises in, regulatory, civil, employment and commercial law. He is currently supervised by Richard Banwell who specialises in planning, environmental and regulatory law.

Michael holds several post-graduate qualifications including a Doctorate in Environmental Law. In addition, he holds a Master of Studies in Sustainability Leadership from Cambridge University (Judge) and a Master of Laws from Cornell University, where he was top in his year for water law.

He is an English and Scottish qualified solicitor and publishes regularly in legal and academic publications.

He is a qualified CEDR mediator