A cross-border mediation practice shaped by legal rigour, intercultural insight, and strategic calm.
Trivium International ADR was built for disputes where legal reasoning alone is not enough — where culture, belief, identity, family dynamics, and cross-border realities shape both the conflict and the path to resolution.
A founder profile shaped by legal rigour and intercultural insight
Michelle Perkins currently serves as a Casework Coordinator at the Freedom Law Clinic, where she manages a diverse portfolio of criminal, immigration, and civil matters. Her approach is characterized by a high degree of analytical rigour, ensuring that every client receives clear, actionable advice while navigating the intricacies of the legal system.
For her dedication to achieving successful results in pro bono work, she was the 2025 recipient of the Justice Pioneers Award.
Michelle’s approach to dispute resolution is grounded in both legal discipline and a sophisticated understanding of the human systems in which conflict unfolds. She is an LLM candidate ('27) in International Dispute Resolution at the University of Aberdeen and also holds an LLB, a Master’s in Religion and Philosophy, and a Master’s in Intercultural Studies.
This interdisciplinary foundation informs Trivium’s work in matters where legal issues are inseparable from cultural context, ethical tension, identity, or communication breakdown.
Her wider international background includes leadership and professional experience across Singapore, Nairobi, Tbilisi, Johannesburg, and Tel Aviv. Spanning legal, diplomatic, and development-facing environments — including service as a Consular Associate for the U.S. Department of State and work with the UN Women Singapore Committee — this experience has sharpened her ability to navigate complexity with discretion, structure, and intercultural fluency.
Michelle brings together legal discipline, intercultural insight, and a strong commitment to practical resolution in matters where complexity, sensitivity, and human consequence are closely intertwined.
A process built for disputes that do not fit neatly into standard frameworks
Some disputes cannot be understood solely through statutes, contracts, or procedural posture. They are shaped by family systems, cross-border realities, organisational strain, identity, faith, cultural difference, and the deeper dynamics that make conflict difficult to resolve through adversarial channels alone.
Trivium International ADR exists for precisely those matters. The practice is designed to engage complexity with care — combining legal rigour, intercultural sensitivity, strategic calm, and respect for the human realities beneath formal dispute.
The aim is not simply to manage conflict, but to create the conditions for clearer communication, more disciplined decision-making, and outcomes that are workable within the lived context of the people and institutions involved.
Core competencies
Trivium brings together legal training, intercultural analysis, and structured dispute resolution for matters requiring nuance, discretion, and cross-border sensitivity.
If your matter requires legal rigour and intercultural insight, Trivium offers a thoughtful place to begin.
For disputes involving complexity, sensitivity, or cross-border realities, Trivium provides a discreet first point of contact grounded in structure, judgment, and care.