What SV has been up to recently :
- A French client retained SV with difficulties to define and negotiate a substantial sponsorship agreement that would give them the media and continuous presence with their target audience. SV introduced specific KPI's that made the deal possible and acceptable for both parties.
- A Media agency retained SV to formalise a shirt sponsor with an EPL club.
- A Bank retained SV to define a response strategy to a passing off challenge raised by a third party to one of their new ads campaigns. If successful, the challenge would have meant suspending a very expensive TV and Press ads campaign at a significant cost for the Client. SV advised and no further challenge has been promoted by said third party.
- A UK company in Administration has been sued in Spain by a creditor that extended the claim to the personal liability of the administrators. SV was retained to define the strategy and carry out the defence. Not only the administrator's personal liability has been excluded by the Court, but the credit reduced, no legal costs condemned and no interest awarded on the new credit amount.
- A UK company had to recover a substantial credit from a French company who had recently changed ownership, that used its products in Le Mans's race. The recovery was due before the next year race so for the client not to lose a long term presence in an important race. The full amount plus interests has been recovered in a few weeks from the SV instruction.
- A UK FIA licensed company has retained SV to help negotiating a substantial European expansion with initial value of 35 Mil.
- A UK Stadium retained SV to review FIFA and FA contracts.
- SV retained to define a sponsorship strategy for a major company.
- A UK group wanted to restructure their Spanish and Italian operations to maximise existing profits and consolidate their structure. The corporate/employment side of the task has been dealt directly by SV.
- A leading UK food company needed to consolidate sales volumes and ordering process throughout Europe. SV helped to put in place Frame Purchasing Agreements at European level, also consolidating volumes and harmonising discounts with major clients. This has generated substantial visibility and increased margins to the Client.
- A UK leading construction and services company needed advice to challenge a Procurement and they retained SV to define a strategy and challenge the public authority. This also delayed the awarding of the contract to competitors.
- A major motorsport company needed help to secure and enlarge European presence. SV retained to cover the sport, image rights and naming rights side of the transaction.
- A US leading international provider of event planning and meeting services, which it delivers to customers through innovative software, needed to establish itself in the European market. To do so, he instructed me to negotiate their most strategic deal in Europe with the Hotel leader European company, positioning their European strategic presence and expanding their customer base.
- A US Software editor, specialised in the energy industry, had to reaffirm their technology as the market leading one, to counter their competitors. They instructed me to negotiate and win a European Tender worth 150 million Euros. Thanks to my services, the deal secured my client a 63% market share.
- An Indian service provider asked me to help them expand and secure contractual relationships into Europe. I helped them secure transactions with some major financial institutions. I drew up partnership agreements and negotiated with clients on their behalf. As a result he secured a predominant position in its market strong of the new alliance.
- A new biotech company relied on my services to expand from France, to Europe and then into the USA. I organised the licensing model, channels of distribution, and partnerships models. Then I negotiated with the two biggest players in the industry, securing higher market reach and presence. This delivered major sales growth and gave the company a strategic position for the introduction of new products.
- I secured and organised the arrival of US designers into Europe in such a way that their names are now associated with high quality and exclusive markets. I also secured the distribution channels for one of them. Now they are perceived in their original market as a “super-brand”, with increase market shares value.
- I was retained to increase the European presence of a US software company by securing and negotiating a sponsorship agreement with one of the top Formula 1 motor racing teams. The deal was an outstanding success. And today, the company's European revenues exceed those of its home, US, market.
- Retained to re-structure the head-count of the UK branch of a US corp. This involved also structuring and taking care of several VP termination and making sure the transition to a new structure would happen smoothly.
- Retained by both Companies and Employees made redundant in this difficult times, I represented my clients in a great number of different scenarios achieving 95 % transactional agreement rate.
- Retained by a Health Management Company to redefine the Share-holders agreements and the introduction of new shares holders, redefining their liabilities and rights.
- Retained to put in place new Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures.
If you want to know more, please contact SV.
A Simon Vumbaca Del Vivo is a Registered European Lawyer with the Law Society of England and Wales and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (www.sra.org.uk). He is a member of the CCBE (European Bar), Abogado, Advocat and Avvocato (registered with the CGAE, Spain).