Ms Martin was at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for nearly 20 years where her practice was built around 'a variety of complex civil litigation matters and commercial disputes', according to Freshfields. David Scott, global head of dispute resolution at the Magic Circle firm, said that Ms Martin was joining 'at a time of significant growth for Freshfields in the US. In the five years since we launched our US civil litigation and white collar practices, as a complement to our arbitration practice, we have consistently grown and consolidated our market position and we continue to see the volume of both our US domestic and cross-border work increasing.'

Historic arbitration

Ms Martin's experience in the Accenture separation is highlighted on the Simpson Thacher website where it is included in a list of her work highlights: 'Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting ) in an historic ICC arbitration resulting in Accenture’s cost-free separation from the Andersen Worldwide network'. Sources: Business Wire and Simpson Thacher