Erskine Chambers

Martin is a leading Silk for company law litigation and advice, corporate finance, financial services, and insolvency.  He is a go-to silk for large-scale, complex corporate transactions and reorganisations (including takeovers and mergers), schemes of arrangement, cross-border mergers, establishment of Societas Europaea and schemes for the transfer of insurance and banking business (Part VII transfers).

His clients are predominantly UK Plc and large multi-national corporations and his instructing solicitors are Magic Circle and Silver Circle firms. He is often consulted on a complex issues involving group structures, liability management, contractual construction, regulatory issues, directors’ duties and conflicts.

He has written two published opinions for the Financial Reporting Committee on the True and Fair requirement, has advised on Bermudan, Hong Kong and Channel Islands law and has given expert evidence in the United States and Australia.

Significant cases include ; Jardine Strategic Holdings (Appraisal action in Bermuda acting for Jardine Matheson Group – market cap $38 billion Fortune 500 company) ; Nam Tai was an improper purpose and breach of fiduciary duty case in relation to a PRC business incorporated in the BVI which Martin Moore KC , Edward Davies KC and Ben Griffiths won both at first instance and on appeal to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal ; Myovant (appraisal action in Bermuda involving a bio-pharma company. It is at a relatively early stage)

BA (Oxon). Year Qualified: 1982. Lincoln's Inn. KC 2002.

Called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Island) 2020

Called to the Bar of Northern Ireland 2020

COMBAR; Chancery Bar Association.