Tim Martin has nearly 40 years of experience in the international oil & gas and infrastructure industries where he was general counsel, country manager, finance director, commercial manager and economist, working in more than 50 countries on some of the largest energy projects in the world.
Tim was President of the AIPN, twice voted its Member of the Year and received its President’s Award and Legacy Award. He was the AIPN Vice-President of Education for several years, responsible for the formative development of the AIPN’s model contracts. Tim chaired the AIPN model contract workshops in Banff and in Tuscany, Italy. He has organized and chaired the leading annual conference on Dispute Resolution in the International Oil & Gas Business for more than a decade, co-sponsored by the AIPN and leading international arbitration institutions around the world. Tim presently co-chairs the AIPN’s Model International Dispute Resolution Agreement committee.
Tim now acts as an arbitrator, mediator, expert and counsel, with particular expertise in the energy, oil & gas, project infrastructure and construction sectors. He has been a sole arbitrator, party appointed arbitrator, institution appointed arbitrator and tribunal chair in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations. He has also acted as counsel, mediator, expert witness and strategic advisor in the resolution of a wide range of disputes. Tim has advised governments, industry organizations, and international and national oil companies on dispute resolution matters.
Governments and companies have retained Tim as an expert in a number of high profile energy disputes. He has wide-ranging experience in various legal systems including the common law, civil law, Shari’ah law and socialist legal systems. His business sector experience includes: energy, oil & gas, refining, petrochemicals, mining, infrastructure, construction, international trade & investment, regulatory & administrative, compliance (anti-corruption, sanctions and boycott law), and finance & banking.
Tim is a Fellow and Chartered Arbitrator of the CIArb, a Board Director of the American Arbitration Association and a member of the London Court of International Arbitration. He has been elected to the arbitrator panels of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Kuala Lumpur Regional Arbitration Centre, the Bahrain Chamber of Dispute Resolution and the Energy Arbitrators List.
Tim is the Chair of the Journal of World Energy Law & Business, the official journal of the AIPN and the leading journal on international energy, which is published by Oxford University Press. He has published and spoken extensively on dispute resolution and energy issues throughout the world.
Peers, leading arbitration institutions and industry publications have described Tim as the “go to guy for energy disputes”, “the best around for energy disputes”, an “industry specialist and arbitrator”, a “true innovator in international oil & gas law”, and a “true expert in the oil & gas sector”.
More details on Tim and his experience can be found at his website: www.timmartin.ca.
Anna Wren is a Senior Associate in Herbert Smith Freehills' international arbitration and disputes practice, based in Dubai. She specialises in dispute resolution with a focus on international commercial arbitration. Anna has advised clients from various industries and jurisdictions in international arbitration proceedings under the LCIA, ICC, DIFC-LCIA, DIAC, JCAA and TOMAC rules, as well as ad hoc proceedings in England and Nigeria. Since moving to the Middle East, Anna has advised clients on disputes arising in the UAE, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Iraq. Anna is also experienced in advising clients in litigation in a number of jurisdictions, including the DIFC, England, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Russia, Thailand, Singapore and Japan.
Anna is focused on disputes arising in the oil and gas and energy sector, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, and her experience includes disputes relating to equity determinations under unitisation agreements, joint operating agreements, development and production sharing contracts, export sales agreements and concession agreements. In addition to her focused practice, Anna's experience also covers construction disputes, particularly in the power and water sector, and commercial arbitration in a wide variety of industries, including leisure/hotels, automobile, shipbuilding and financial services.