Darren Martinez

Practice Areas

Darren joined Hassans in October 2011 and was made Partner in the firm’s litigation department on 1st July 2021.

Darren has a busy and varied practice across most of the department’s practice areas with a particular focus on commercial, insolvency, construction and crypto-currency/distributed technology ledger law. He appears regularly in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar. He has also appeared (as a junior) in the Court of Appeal for Gibraltar. Darren has experience appearing before statutory boards and tribunals, including the Development and Planning Commission, the Parole Board and the Business Licensing Authority where he acts for both applicants and objectors.

Darren was listed as a “Rising Star” in the Dispute Resolution category in the 2020 edition of the Legal 500.

Areas of practice

Corporate/Commercial & Insolvency

Darren is developing a broad practice in commercial and insolvency matters. He also has experience making various types of applications under the Companies Act 2014 and Insolvency Act 2011.

Career

Education and Memberships

University of Leeds, LLB – 2007 – 2010

BPP Law School Leeds, Bar Practitioner’s Training Couse – 2010 – 2011

Call to the Bar (England and Wales) – 2011

Call to the Bar (Gibraltar) – 2012

Council Member of the Gibraltar Bar Council – 2016 – 2018

Secretary of the Gibraltar Middle Temple Society – 2016 to date

Member of the Development Appeals Tribunal – 2019 to date