Penny Martin

Penny, counsel in the Singapore office, has more than a decade of experience in international commercial arbitration and public international law. Her primary focus is on high-stakes energy disputes, including those relating to long-term oil and gas agreements (including environmental, abandonment and decommissioning, and cost recovery issues), renewable energy, mining, gas pricing, technology licensing, and intellectual property.

Penny also has a background in academia and co-authored the leading text on the appointment of international judges entitled Selecting International Judges: Principle, Process, and Politics (Oxford University Press, 2010). She also assisted in the preparation of the Report of the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee recommending measures to improve gender balance in international human rights bodies and mechanisms. Penny also sits as an arbitrator.

Penny received her BA/LLB (Hons) from Monash University and LLM in Public International Law (with Distinction) from the University of Glasgow. She is admitted to practise in England and Wales and Victoria, Australia.