Michael Black

Michael joined Markel Law in March 2017 as Head of Risk and Compliance, responsible for implementing and continually improving a compliance and risk framework across the firm. Since also taking on the role as Head of Finance, he has been appointed as COFA (Compliance Officer for Finance and Administration) and assists the COLP (Compliance Officer for Legal Practice) to fulfil their regulatory obligations. He is also the Markel Law Data Protection Officer.

As a Partner on the Senior Leadership Team, Michael’s role involves complaints and claims handling, anti-money laundering procedures, risk identification and treatment, and all aspects of regulatory and legislative compliance requirements, including reporting to clients and stakeholders on key performance measures. He heads up the Markel Law Finance Team, working closely with the Markel UK Finance around forecasting, budgeting and providing accurate financial management information and accounts.

He is a certified member of the Institute of Internal Audit and has over 25 years’ experience in risk and compliance consultancy and management roles, both in public and private sectors but all linked to the legal profession.