Member Profiles

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.

Complex Corporate transactions involving technology and IP Fintech and Payments Technology: API Licensing / Blockchain / PSD2 / FS Apps FS Reg: Consumer Credit, PPI, FCA/PRA, PSD2, FCA Handbook, ICOBS Aviation/Travel Tech: MaaS, PSS, GDS, IFE, On-board WiFi, Satellite connectivity Outsourcing / Cross-border transactions IT&T Contracts Intellectual Property: structuring and enforcement Data Protection / GDPR / Data Privacy Media & Advertising Law Defamation Consumer and competition law Commercial and Insurance Disputes

David Hannah is the leading voice on SDLT in the UK, having spent more than three decades working in property tax. A Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, David is regularly quoted in industry and mass market press on SDLT matters, as well as providing formal training to solicitors in understanding SDLT and related property taxes.

Andrew Dunlop is head of the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector group and also of the outsourcing practice of Burges Salmon LLP, a leading UK law firm with global reach. Andrew acts for a broad range of clients including corporates, dotcoms, financial institutions and service providers. His work includes advising on outsourcings, joint ventures, software development, systems integration, technology solution builds, e-commerce regulation and data protection and privacy law. Andrew was the sole lawyer on the City Financial, Insurance and Assurance Working Group dealing with outsourcing issues for City of London financial institutions between 2005 and 2007. He was the international director of the National Outsourcing Association between 1998 and 2012. Andrew speaks regularly at conferences and for firm clients on outsourcing transactions.

Jonathan has a great deal of experience in the development and management of trade mark portfolios for a broad range of clients. He is also a regular speaker on trade mark issues in various contexts including for INTA, an organization in which he is heavily involved on various fronts. He helps set up and maintain commercially relevant opposition strategies for his clients. Handling oppositions and appeals across many jurisdictions forms a significant part of his practice. He has particular experience in resolving disputes by negotiating commercially practical agreements on behalf of his clients. Jonathan has long-standing relationships with many of his clients. His commercial understanding of their businesses helps him deliver sophisticated and appropriate advice. Clients like his grounded approach and his clear focus on practical and workable solutions. As a result of his work for multinational clients, he is experienced in IP issues across diverse commercial sectors including finance, pharmaceutical, medical, power systems, fashion, retail and tobacco. He is active in many other commercial areas as well, not least due to his extensive collaborations with SMEs. Jonathan has been a contributing author of all three editions of Wolters Kluwer’s Concise European Trademark and Design Law, writing the commentary on about 30 Articles of the EUTMR and the corresponding provisions of the CDR. This book was recently divided into separate volumes for trade marks and designs. He was also the Editor of an international title in The Law Reviews series called The Trademarks Law Review for ints first three editions from 2017-2020 Additional Information Partner 1996 IPReg Board Member 2012-2019 Specialisms Trade marks Portfolio management Contentious matters Negotiations Qualifications MA Classics, Magdalene College, Cambridge Registered Trade Mark Attorney 1992 Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys 2002