Accept the things we cannot change, have the courage to change the things we can, find wisdom to know the difference.
Michael Scherini is the Principal Lawyer and Managing Director of Scherini Lawyers. He is an Accredited Specialist in Commercial Litigation Law through the Law Institute of Victoria. His practice centres on commercial litigation and dispute resolution. Michael is also a Nationally Accredited Mediator.
The Lawyer
Michael attained his Bachelor of Laws LLB (Honours) after completing 32 law subjects over 4 years.
Michael went on to work in a variety of positions before finding his love for commercial law and litigation.
Michael is an experienced commercial Australian Lawyer admitted at both the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High Court of Australia. He is qualified to practice in all Australian States, Territories and Federal Jurisdiction.
Michael has extensive experience in his areas of expertise in his career across multiple firms involving complex legal matters. Michael’s work focuses on achieving commercial results with minimum disruption to the workplace through expert knowledge and a practical approach. He provides representation and advice on contentious and non-contentious matters.
Michael’s expertise encompasses a wide range of commercial, litigation, property, and employment matters, including drafting and negotiating agreements and transactions and resolving disputes over different areas of law.
His diverse client base includes commercial organisations from various sectors, including professional services, health, transport, retail, telecommunications and construction, and private individuals. Michael has particular experience dealing with complex disputes and litigation.
He is an experienced advocate and brings a focus to negotiations and litigation that enables quick, efficient and appropriate resolution of disputes in Courts, commissions and other tribunals.
Michael believes in giving back to the community and is involved in pro bono work for persons in crisis, including those suffering from serious domestic violence who would otherwise have little to no support.
The Firm
Faced with a constantly evolving justice system, Michael knew that he had to go out on his own. This was the only way he could create a business that kept up with technological advances and client expectations. He created Scherini Lawyers with a vision for a better legal industry and a tailored experience for clients seeking high-quality one-on-one advice and a long-term relationship.
As an owner of a law firm, Michael enjoys a privileged position as an officer of the court to further the administration of justice and as a trusted advisor that people rely on for some of the most important moments of their lives and business. At one stage, Michael considered becoming a barrister but decided he enjoys the close relationships with his clients too much to leave them.
As a Principal Lawyer and Director, Michael enjoys leading the firm’s direction, its employees, and those people the firm works with. The decision to open his firm empowered Michael to grow as a lawyer and a person, to work in a modern way within a legal network where legal professionals support each other to grow to promote a better legal industry overall.
Michael is proud of Scherini Lawyers as a culturally diverse and inclusive firm that values equality among staff and clients.
Michael ensures that Scherini Lawyers promotes environmental and sustainable practices where possible. Scherini Lawyers prefers to work electronically and avoid unnecessary use of paper to protect our environment and the precious wildlife that lives in it.
Scherini Lawyers regularly privately donates to important causes supported by the firm, such as persons in dire need, including domestic violence survivors.
Scherini Lawyers is particularly interested in the arts, including protecting and acquiring Australian indigenous artwork celebrating music, musicians, and producers from Australia and around the world.
Scherini Lawyers was built from the ground up, so Michael loves working with new businesses to help them grow and achieve their true potential. He excels at partnering with growing organisations to help drive sustainable growth.
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Our Unique Offering
We are proudly Australian. We are proudly Melbournian and Victorian. We are your go-to local. We enjoy being part of an exclusive network of respected professionals. Focusing on fast resolution and completion of legal matters and embracing technology means we can save time and charge our valued clients fairly.
We value being approachable, friendly, and genuinely caring people. We are passionate about legal work and committed to clients’ legal needs.
Our legal services are offered at competitive pricing for a high level of expertise. Discussions on costs are transparent and welcomed in open and frank discussions.
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It all started with a simple purpose: to help people with their legal needs. Our purpose has never changed, and it never will.
We aim to differentiate ourselves from other law firms. Our reputation holds strong as a friendly and personable business. We are fierce in protecting our clients but respectful and approachable. We are fearless against any opponent.
We enjoy a reputation as one of Australia’s leading commercial and litigation firms. We find our niche working across multiple complex sub-practice areas under the commercial law umbrella.
We are humble and carry ourselves with humility. We consider legal services no different to any other customer or client service. We expect the highest customer and client service standards from our staff. Transparency and expediency on client matters are of the utmost importance to us. We always work hard and have an unwavering commitment to our clients. We strive to cut through the legal jargon and find the key issues at the heart of the matter. We thrive in high-pressure and complex legal matters and situations.
We carry ourselves with honesty and unwavering commitment to our clients. Scherini Lawyers always ‘have your back’. Knowing your lawyers have your back gives you confidence and a competitive advantage in your business or other personal matters.
What makes us different to other law firms is we invest a lot of our time in our clients, we offer tailored legal services for your needs, we spend time with you to understand your needs and objectives, and we work through matters with you methodically and clinically until the work is done, ensuring you understand each step of the way and educating you as much as possible to help you grow with knowledge. We understand that our clients are not just clients but are human beings with feelings and emotions and need to be treated with care, compassion and dignity. We take great pleasure in working with and helping our clients. We always strive for long-term relationships with our clients.
Our services cover key areas of law, including commercial, business and corporate advice and transactions; employment and workplace relations; property, leasing and planning; personal injury, building and construction; criminal law, dispute resolution (litigation); and other related areas of law. Our expertise in these key areas of law allows our clients to obtain high-quality legal advice for their business or individual needs – all in one place.
We welcome clients from all walks of life, whether you are an individual entrepreneur, mum or dad, or small or large established business, everyone is welcome at Scherini Lawyers, and everyone will be treated with the same level of dignity and respect.
Utilising, embracing and always on the lookout for the latest legal technology and software, we can manage our clients’ matters far more efficiently and spend more time providing excellent client service and passing the cost savings onto our clients.
The people working with us are some of the brightest and most dedicated people in the legal industry. Whether it is internal staff, barristers, other third-party experts or consultant lawyers, we are very particular about finding the right people to work with us who align with our values of honesty, trust, care and excellence.
We listen to our client’s feedback and needs and constantly seek to evolve and improve the way we deliver legal services to ensure that we can continue to offer legal support that is useful and accessible.
Our six core virtues
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It all started with a simple purpose: to help people with their legal needs. Our purpose has never changed, and it never will.
Our purpose is to give people a voice, empower people and facilitate access to justice. We are motivated by helping people from all walks of life, whether business-related or a dispute, helping them move through and out of the other side of their legal matters efficiently and effectively. In helping people with their legal needs, we aim to remove the stress and anxiety that legal matters bring to people’s lives by taking control of your legal matters. Our focus is to resolve and finalise matters as soon as possible so that our clients can focus their time and energy on their business, family and personal lives.
In fulfilling our purpose of helping people with their legal needs, we advocate our client’s case to the full extent of the law; however, we always endeavour to guide our clients to avoid bad decisions. We understand that the right advice isn’t always what clients want or hope for, but you can trust that our advice is always honest. Our client’s best interests are a priority at our firm. We will never compromise on our values and ethics; no price can be placed on our values and ethics.
We consider our firm a responsible corporate entity focusing on shaping a better society through delivering excellent legal services. We want to play a positive part in a justice system that works effectively for all. We want to promote change for the better; actions promote change, and our firm believes in action and speaking up when appropriate.
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