Shanta Martin – Australian lawyer

Shanta Martin is an Australian lawyer in Leigh Day & Co's international and group claims department.  Prior to joining Leigh Day, Shanta led Amnesty International's business and human rights work at AI's International Secretariat in London. Previously, she was Oxfam Australia's Mining Ombudsman and Extractive Industries Advocacy Coordinator.

Shanta has 10 years' experience in cases relating to corporate human rights abuses, with particular expertise in the impacts of extractive industry operations. She has also lived in Argentina and Guatemala working on corporate accountability in the textile and agricultural sectors and as a legal adviser on international human rights law.  Prior to this, Shanta practised as a commercial litigation solicitor for four years with Mallesons Stephen Jaques in Melbourne.

Shanta is a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and is entered on the Register of Practitioners of the High Court of Australia.  She holds a Master of Laws, a Bachelor of Laws with Honours, a Bachelor of Science majoring in Pharmacology and Toxicology, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Arts.