Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution
‘Has a very keen commercial sense and is always exceptionally well prepared.’
Chambers & Partners 2018
Experience
Year of Call: 1975
Year of Silk: 2008
Education
MA LLM (Cantab)
Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers
Fully Qualified Family Law Arbitrator in financial matters MCIArb
Qualified Collaborative Lawyer
Qualified Mediator
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Appointments
Bencher of the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn 2013.
Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2019.
Knight Commander of the Royal Order of Francis I (Italy) 2019.
Officer of the most Honourable Order of the British Empire 2024 for services to faith and integration.
Chair of Trustees and now President of the Faith and Belief Forum – one of the UK’s leading active interfaith charities.
Profile
Michael Sternberg’s practice has covered the two main areas of family work – financial remedy and child cases. He built a substantial practice in high-value financial cases and over the decades was instructed by a number of the top London firms. He regards negotiation as of great importance in getting the best result in the speediest time at the lowest cost to the client. So many of his cases settled avoiding the costs and publicity of what would otherwise be high profile contests. The financial work has involved a high degree of expertise in company law and valuation, farming divorce cases, prenuptial agreements, tax law and cases where there is a conflict of jurisdiction. Because of the demands of his charitable interfaith work Michael is currently only accepting instructions in matters where advice is required and no longer in child cases.
Professional Memberships
Family Law Bar Association
International Academy of Family Lawyers
Gray’s Inn
Inner Temple
Directories
‘A highly regarded silk.’
Legal 500, 2020