Head of the unit for Civil Justice Policy in the European Commission’s DG Justice & Consumers, since December 2013. Having worked in private practice as a solicitor, he moved to the UK’s Department of Trade & Industry before joining the European Commission’s Legal Service in 1996. Between 2007 and 2013 he worked in the private office of Viviane Reding, first during her mandate as Commissioner responsible for the Information Society and Media portfolio and later during her mandate as European Commission Vice-President with responsibility for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, when he was her Legal Adviser.
Michael Shotter, has a degree in law from Cambridge University and a licence spéciale from the Institut d’Etudes européennes in Brussels.