Tim Martin, Managing Director, Northumberland Chambers
Tim is one of the leading energy experts in the world. He brings more than five decades of experience in some of the world’s largest and most challenging energy projects to the table. Tim is considered a major thought leader in the energy sector where he has led various energy organizations, established the leading energy journal in its field, and published highly cited articles and research in the energy sector.
Tim has worked in more than 50 countries around the world where his experience includes:
- Senior executive in commercial, operational, finance and legal functions
- Company CEO in the Middle East and Finance Director in Russia
- Project management of exploration & production operations
- Legal counsel in upstream, midstream and downstream operations
- Negotiated & drafted extensive oil & gas and infrastructure agreements
- Advised on international decommissioning regimes & programs
- Managed acquisition and divestment of oil & gas properties
- Established, managed and discontinued international operations
- Project financing of energy projects
- Managed international banking and financial systems
- Economic analysis of petroleum projects
Tim was President of the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN), a leading international oil & gas organization. He was twice voted its Member of the Year and has received its President’s Award and Legacy Award. He is Founder and Chair of the Journal of World Energy Law & Business, the leading journal on international energy and the official journal of the AIEN, which is published by Oxford University Press.
Tim’s peers recognize him as “a true expert in the oil & gas sector” and as “an innovator in international oil & gas law.” Who’s Who Legal has consistently selected him as one of its leading International Oil & Gas Lawyers for many years. He is the co-author of JOINT VENTURE DISPUTES IN THE ENERGY & NATURAL RESOURCE SECTORS, the leading textbook on the subject.
Tim has in-depth experience in various legal systems including the common law, civil law and Shari’ah law. He has been retained by major and independent oil & gas companies, some of the largest national oil companies in the world and petroleum ministries to provide legal counsel, industry advice and expert testimony in high profile international arbitrations.
Tim is both a Fellow (FCIArb) and a Chartered Arbitrator (C.Arb) of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, United Kingdom. He is a Fellow (CollArb) of the College of Commercial Arbitrators in the United States. He has been appointed to the Energy, Oil & Gas Panel of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) in New York and the Energy Arbitrators List administered by the AAA/ICDR.