MARTIN POLAINE
Barrister, Fellow of CIArb
MARTIN POLAINE is a barrister (England & Wales) of more than 35 years’ experience and an arbitrator.
He is a Fellow of both the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb) and a Fellow of the Asian Institute
of Alternative Dispute Resolution (FAIADR).
Martin has advised states, corporates and individuals across Africa, Asia and Europe on dispute
resolution and public international law. He has extensive experience in both civil law and common law
states and his practice includes international arbitration (both commercial and state-investor),
regulatory and compliance (including corporate investigations, ESG, anti-corruption, AML/financial
regulatory and sports governance), public international law, international trade and most aspects of
corporate and institutional governance.
Having a keen interest in professional regulation, Martin has advised law societies and other
professional bodies on a range of issues, including the use of quality assurance standards (Lexcel, ISO
standards and others), the drafting of codes of conduct and financial regulatory compliance.
He is a published author of legal texts (with Oxford University Press and others), a Teaching Fellow at
the College of Law (Sydney), where he tutors LLM students, and Co-Chair of the Inter-Pacific Bar
Association’s Legal Training & Development Committee.