Michael Pearce practises in most areas of commercial law especially trade practices, contract , company and property law, as well as equity and constitutional law.

Before coming to the Bar, he worked for a number of years as a banking and finance solicitor. He also spent a year in the Federal Attorney-General's Department, worked as a research assistant at Hamburg University in Germany and for a law firm in Washington D.C. and New York.

He was the editor of the Victorian Reports from 1995 - 2003 and is currently the consulting editor. He is also a member of the Council of Law Reporting in Victoria and a Vice- President of Liberty Victoria.

He speaks German and some French.

From 1/07/2008: Professional Standards Act 2003 [Vic] "Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation."