Partners
Antonio Arenas
Managing Partner
d / +44 (0)203 9629920
m / +44 (0)754 0667073
m / +34 682 110 031
ANTONIO ARENAS heads the Litigation Unit, covering a myriad of matters from areas such as Commercial, Employment, Criminal and Family Law, to Immigration, Real Estate and Personal Injury. He has a comprehensive understanding of both the Spanish and English legal systems and has extensive experience in cross-border legal disputes.
Xabier de Beristain Humphrey
Partner
t / +44 (0) 203 909 9598
xabier.deberistainhumphrey@scornik.com
XABIER heads up the firm’s corporate-commercial and sports law departments at our 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 up 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, Société Générale in Paris 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 Leagues and La Liga to France, Argentina, Cyprus, Poland as well as advising in Premiership Rugby and World Title boxing contests.
Mariangeles López
Partner
t / +44 (0) 207 831 7070
MARIANGELES LOPEZ counsels the firm with regards to environmental matters.
Mariangeles graduated in Law from Universidad Complutense in Madrid in 1971 and has since successfully developed a solid professional career in law.
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