Areas of work
Martin has three distinct areas of practice, comprising domestic, corporate and commercial work; inward investment from North America; and a niche motor collector practice. The domestic corporate work is a mixture of new promotions, shareholders’ agreements, raising of capital, advice to individual shareholders and directors, reorganisations, and the sale and purchase of businesses. The commercial practice covers a wide range of contractual work across different industries, including banking and information technology. Martin is rigorous in his efforts to keep documents short and to the point.

The North American practice derives partly from time spent working in various law firms in the USA and Canada, where Martin maintains a large number of clients and contacts. His expertise ranges from the standard diet of subsidiary and branch formations, agency and distribution arrangements, to acquisitions and joint ventures by North American entities and their often complicated shareholder arrangements.

The motor practice arises from Martin's lifetime enthusiasm for old sports and racing cars.The clients are a mixture of dealers, brokers, restorers, race preparers and major collectors from all parts of the world, In this specialised but growing area of commercial activity. Martin has handled a large number of cross border sales and exchanges of very expensive vehicles, and is experienced in the import, taxation and registration issues. He also handles resolution of the disputes that inevitably arise in this area, with the help of the firm’s litigation department where matters become seriously contentious.

Education
Martin was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge (1965 – 1968) and College of Law, London (1970 – 1971). Martin joined Crossman Block & Keith as a trainee in 1968, qualified as a Solicitor in 1971 and then became an Assistant solicitor with Crossman Block & Keith (1971 – 1975). For two years Martin was seconded to law firms in New York, Toronto and San Francisco and in 1978 returned to Crossman Block & Keith and successor firms as a Partner. Following that Martin became a Partner in Rowe & Maw (1996 – 1999) and in 1999 Martin joined Goodman Derrick as Partner.

Memberships
Vintage Sports Car Club

Hobbies
Married with two grown-up children, Martin lives in a fifteenth century farmhouse in Essex. The family also owns a variety of old sport cars and a Thames river punt, and most of Martin's non working time is taken up maintaining, using and competing in these.