Chris Martin
Partner
Chris leads our UK technology practice in the energy sector and advises a range of blue chip energy businesses, including a number of the UK’s leading energy suppliers, on TMT projects and the adoption of smart energy solutions and the creation of value from energy sector data.
Chris's experience
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Advised a global energy company on procuring an asset despatch IT system for Americas and EMEA operations. Ensured operational needs, managed distributed energy resources, and supported strategic goals. Overcame an unresponsive supplier to secure favourable terms, showcasing expertise in delivering high-value, strategic advice to energy and natural resources businesses.
- Cross-border
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising Trusted Bytes, a ground-breaking collaborative project funded by Innovate UK, that aims to boost supply chain productivity across the fresh produce sector by establishing an industry-wide system for trusted data exchange. This includes the legal and governance aspects of the collaboration, both in the context of project development and in the longer term.
- United Kingdom
- Universities & Education
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Advising a large operator of petrol station forecourts on supply chain contracts under which it procures electric vehicle charge point hardware and related cloud-based payment and data solutions to enable its nationwide roll-out of new electric vehicle infrastructure.
- United Kingdom
- Retail & Consumer
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Advising a global utility on strategic project to transition from SAP to a cloud-based customer management system enabling, amongst other things, the ability to digitize the customer experience and support the delivery of new demand-side services to all business and domestic energy customers.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising a large UK energy business on a strategic partnership with a large funder of energy infrastructure assets which will roll-out electric vehicle charge point technology throughout the UK.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advising an energy supplier on a project to transform the customer journey and the management of customer accounts and data by moving to cloud-based solution provided by Kraken.
- United Kingdom
- Energy & Natural Resources
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Advised Fleetcor Technologies Inc., an NYSE listed provider of fuel cards and payment solutions, on its investment into Mina Digital Limited, a start-up business focussed on payment solutions for EV charging. Fleetcor and Mina entered into a commercial partnering agreement, under which the parties will work together to develop a payment platform which will work across traditional fuel sources and new EV charging hubs.
- United Kingdom
- Technology, Science & Industry
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Advised the University of Lincoln and the Food Standards Agency on using a data trust model to better share data relating to the importation of food products into the UK among government agencies.
- United Kingdom
- Universities & Education
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Advised the University of Southampton on the establishment of a data trust model with the local NHS Hospitals Trust and City Council to better share data relating to the health and well-being of citizens.
- United Kingdom
- Universities & Education
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Advised the University of Edinburgh on the establishment of a Global Open Finance Centre of Excellence. This will be the first of its kind, bringing together large retail banks, academic researchers, high performance computing expertise and machine learning and Fintech developers to create a centre that will provide leadership, coordination, research and capability to support activity in the rapidly developing field of open banking..
- United Kingdom
- Government and public sector
Credentials
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2020Financial Times “Standout” CleanTech Practice
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2014Made Partner at Pinsent Masons
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2006Joined Pinsent Masons
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2001Qualified - Scotland
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1997University of Edinburgh – Dip LP
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1996University of Aberdeen – LLB (Hons)
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