Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Private Client

Martin specialises as a private client lawyer but also has considerable experience of charity law and practice. His private client base is both domestic and overseas, and in the charity sector he is well-known as the trustee both of grant-making and functional charities. He was appointed CBE in June 2004 in recognition of his services.

Martin joined Payne Hicks Beach as a partner in 2020. Prior to that, having qualified as a solicitor in January 1970 Martin had been appointed a partner with Paisner & Co in 1972, a firm founded by his late father Leslie Paisner in 1932. Following mergers post-2000 that firm ultimately became Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

Martin is a member of the Garrick and Reform Clubs. He is an Honorary Fellow of Queen Mary, University of London, Worcester College, Oxford, King’s College London and IDC Herzliya, Israel. He also holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Glasgow, the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel and the Open University, Israel.