Michael Greenop is a senior associate in the Litigation/Controversy Department and is a member of the International Arbitration Practice Group.

Mr. Greenop’s practice focuses on commercial and investment treaty arbitration cases. He has represented clients in arbitrations under various institutional rules (including the ICC, LCIA and UNCITRAL Rules) across a range of industries. Mr. Greenop also has experience in complex international litigation, public international law, civil fraud, cross-border insolvency, investigations, and business and human rights. 

Prior to joining WilmerHale, Mr. Greenop worked at a leading international dispute resolution firm in London and as an employed barrister at one of New Zealand’s leading commercial sets. He has also served as tribunal secretary and as a judicial law clerk.

Mr. Greenop is the youngest Fellow of the Arbitrators’ and Mediators’ Institute of New Zealand (and co-founder of its young members’ group) and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.  He has undertaken speaking engagements and published on arbitration and public international law topics in peer-reviewed legal journals, including the Cambridge International Law Journal and Max Plank Yearbook of United Nations Law. Mr. Greenop also assisted with the preparation of the second edition of New Zealand’s leading text on arbitration, Williams & Kawharu on Arbitration.