Michelle Blake

Michelle is a Tax Underwriter and part of Acquinex’s tax team in Europe. Prior to joining Acquinex, Michelle trained and worked as a solicitor in the tax team at Slaughter and May, where she advised on a broad range of tax issues, including transactional M&A, tax litigation and advisory and consultancy work focusing on UK and cross-border tax issues. Michelle is a qualified solicitor, and holds a degree in Business and Law from University College Dublin.

Jamie Atherton

Jamie is the Head of UK W&I team, having joined Acquinex in April 2026. Prior to this he spent six years at Liberty GTS in the London and Emerging Markets team, most recently as a Senior Underwriter, working on transactions across EMEA. Before that, Jamie spent three years at Marsh as a W&I broker. Jamie holds a law degree from the University of Nottingham.