PROF. MARTIN HUNTER is a barrister practicing international arbitration at the Essex Court Chambers, London.
In 1995 he was appointed to the newly-established chair of International Dispute Resolution at Nottingham Trent University, and he was appointed as an Emeritus Professor of that University in 2010. He also teaches international arbitration with post-graduate students as a visiting professor at several universities around the world, including King’s College London, University of Miami Law School, Central European University, Budapest and KIIT Law School in Bhubaneswar, India.
Professor Hunter is a member of the Council of ICCA, and has participated in the work of a number of organisations active in the field of international arbitration, including the AAA, the IBA, the ITA’s Academic Council, the ICC’s Court, the LCIA’s Court and UNCITRAL.
He is currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre, and was deputy-chairman of the UK Government’s committee on arbitration law reform, which was responsible for steering the English Arbitration Act 1996 through Parliament.