Expertise
International Litigation
Enforcement & Asset recovery
Sovereign Debt
Anti-Fraud
Wine law
Sanctions
Professional background
Litigation & arbitration associate at Eversheds Sutherland

International arbitration associate at Freshfields

Trained in M&A/private equity at Weil Gotshal & Manges

Trained in international arbitration at Freshfields

Trained in competition law at Baker Mckenzie
Education
University of Bourgogne – Diploma in wine law

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Master 2 Global Economic Governance

City University of Hong Kong – LLM in international law

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Master 1 in international business law

University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne – Double degree in law and business
Languages
French
English

Martin’s practice focuses on complex cross-border disputes.

He has significant experience in international litigation and enforcement of foreign judgments/arbitral awards, against sovereigns and in fraud matters
Details of recent activities
Counsel to a European pharmaceutical company in the enforcement in France and Switzerland of an English judgment and worldwide freezing orders against fraudsters

Counsel to a North American financial advisory firm for urgent interim attachments in France to secure the payment of fees relating to a M&A transaction and to obtain a payment order against a European company

Counsel to North American creditors/investment funds on the worldwide recognition and enforcement of a North American judgment against a South American state

Counsel to a Middle Eastern energy company in the enforcement in France of an LCIA arbitral award against a European company

Counsel to the liquidator of a European bank to enforce of multiple LCIA arbitral awards against a group of former shareholders

Counsel to a South-East Asian steel company in the enforcement of an ICC award against a European company

Counsel to an African company in the enforcement in France of an LCIA arbitral award against an African state

Counsel to the liquidator of a major bankrupt European tech company to secure the future enforcement in France of a court order to be handed down in Germany against a former director

Counsel to a major European energy company in the enforcement of issued and to-be-issued ICC and SCC arbitral awards againt a pro-eminent Eastern European energy company

Counsel to a major European consumer electronics company in the context of an attachment performed in its hands as a garnishee

Counsel to a European cosmectic company in a dispute against its European supplier regarding pre-judgment search order and a payment order

Counsel to a French vinyard in a dispute over the withdrawal from a wine cooperative
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Publications
France Chapter, The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review (2021-2023)

Créanciers et sanctions internationales : « Tout m’afflige et me nuit et conspire à me nuire », Paris Journal of International Arbitration, 2024, No. 2, p. 459

Enforcing arbitration awards in France, Practical Law Arbitration (2022-2024)