Announcement - New member of The Lawyer Network in England

XABIER heads up the firm’s corporate-commercial and sports law departments at our North Row, Mayfair office. Xabier has built up an international practice representing a wide range of clients including  individuals such as a former G20 Head of State, Nelson Mandela’s authorised biographer, a best-selling author with over 170 million books sold, World Cup winning footballers, rugby players, World Champion boxers and a Bake-off Professionals winner to corporates varying from successful insurance or health drink start-ups in the UK to medical insurance companies and auto-industry corporates in France and quoted steel manufacturers and energy sector corporates in Spain.  Xabier adopts a pragmatic and commercial approach to all legal matters and focusses on advising on multi-million Seed, Angel and Series A fund raises, all shareholder and board matters and numerous complex company sales of over $50 million dollars or secondary and tertiary listings.  As part of Xabier’s advice to UK and international corporates, Xabier also advises on IP disputes, numerous High Court claims and mediations and Finance documentation including the issue of Bonds, Notes and other debt and equity instruments.  Xabier speaks and works in French, Spanish and German having previously worked in banking at Dresdner-Kleinwort Benson (later Wasserstein & Commerzbank) in London and Hamburg as well as Daimler Chrysler Aerospace in Munich and law firms Clifford Chance LLP and Allen & Overy LLP in their London, Madrid and Paris offices.  Xabier’s passion for sport also led him to found Division X Sports., a Sports Agency focussing on representation and negotiation of footballer’s contracts from the Premier League, English Football L https:// eagues and La Liga to France, Argentina, Cyprus, Poland as well as advising in Premiership Rugby and World Title boxing contests.