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Simon Vumbaca is an international strategist, lawyer, music producer and non-executive director for Sunderland A.F.C. and formerly the British Basketball League (BBL). Qualified in multiple jurisdictions, Vumbaca is fluent in English, French, Spanish and Italian. He is a member of the Society of Construction Law and the Adjudication Society[1]. He is now the founder of global advisory - Qivu consulting and the multiplatform music company Firesound Music[2][3]
Career
ASV Law
In 2011 Vumbaca established ASV law[4], an international law firm based in Knightsbridge London. It specialises in delivering corporate, commercial and litigation advice to global clients, bringing together parties to facilitate settlements and mediation.[5]
Noticeably Vumbaca has worked with: the FIA, FIM, Formula One, Moto GP, football clubs and players, high-profile athletes including Pietro Sibello and Kriss Akabusi and notable musicians and TV personalities including Bunny Wailer and Melanie Sykes.[1][6] In motorsports Vumbaca covers all aspects including event sponsorship, the maximisation of media and marketing rights, the drafting and negotiation of rules and regulations for series and competitions. Vumbaca was retained since 2010[7] by the Bahrain international circuit[1] to represent the international company as a whole in its negotiations in Formula 1 and other international series such as WEC and alike.
In 2015 Vumbaca was appointed to represent the Nyabinghi Ancient Council and the EADUMC Ltd. aka RMC in legal proceedings against the government of Jamaica. The Nyahbinghi Ancient Council and EADUMC brought legal action against the Politics of Jamaica due to lack of diligence in engaging with members of this community and of assuming complicity and liability in a range of interferences in the governance and contractual intellectual property rights of the Rastafari Community, faith and indigenous culture.[8]
In 2018, Vumbaca and ASV law represented Madrox partners in the purchase of Sunderland A.F.C. from Ellis Short for £40 million after back-to-back relegations saw the club plummet from the Premier League down to the third-tier.[4][9][10].
Awards
Vumbaca has been published and is the recipient of multiple awards for his work in law which are detailed below:
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| AI 2020 Leading Advisor Awards – Leading complex cross-border Litigation and Arbitration Lawyer of the Year and Arbitration Lawyer of the Year[12] |
| Advisory Excellence 2020 – Certificate of Excellence [13] |
| Corporate NTL 2020 Litigation Law Firm of the Year,England[13] |
| Spears500 – Top Recommended 2020[13] |
| Global Law Experts 2021 RecommendedExperts[13][11] |
| • Global Law Experts 2021 Recommended LawFirm[4] [11] |
Involvement in sporting world
Sunderland AFC
On May 6 2021, Sunderland AFC announced a quartet of new board members inluding Vumbaca, Juan Sartori, Steve Davison, Maurice Louis-Dreyfus[14]. Vumbaca is currently non-executive Director at Sunderland AFC. [15]
In a statement Sunderland A.F.C. announced that Vumbanca would "support SAFC's existing executive team in carrying out the clubs long-term strategic objectives on and off the pitch, whilst further strengthening and undepinning the foundations put in place throughout the first part of 2021."[4]
Vumbaca and his three fellow board members have seen the club experience unprecedented success since their arrival. Not only have Sunderland returned back to the Championship, following their successful play-off campaign in May 2022, but have also enjoyed an 18 game unbeaten run spanning over 6 months.[16]
British Basketball League
Vumbaca has been a trustee and executive committee member of the British Basketball League|British Basketball league. [17] Following long time BBL chairman Paul Blake (basketball)|Paul Blake's decision to step down in 2013, Vumbaca joined Ed Percival as a member of the executive committee. Vumbaca commented that he was “delighted to have been asked to continue assisting the BBL in its continued development and it is with great pleasure that I accepted the position".[18] Vumbaca has also sat as head of appeals for the BBL appeal panel.[19]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Simon Vumbaca Top 3 legal". Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Qivu Constuling". Signal Hire. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Naki Wailer - Producer, Simon". Firesound Music. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Donelly, Mark. "Who are Maurice Louis-Dreyfus and Simon Vumbaca? The net worth and business interests of Sunderland's new board members". Sunderland Echo. Sunderland Echo. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ↑ Sullivan, Oliver. "Enforcement Outside of the Jurisdiction Post-Brexit". Lawyer Monthly. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Kimberley, William. "Hidden Assets" (PDF). Porschecarshistory. Race Tech Motorsport Engineering. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ Rafeeq, Mayada. "We as international company hired Simon since 2010, he has been most helpful, accessible, diligent and dependable. He has proven to exceed my expectations. A lawyer that will fight for. I would highly recommend him". LI Recommendation.
- ↑ "Report from Nyahbinghi Ancient Council concerning Rastafari Rights, Rites and Culture". The Black List. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ Hellier, David. "Fallen English Soccer Giant May Get Taken Over by Insurance Man". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ↑ O'Brian, Dave. "A possession game – Sunderland fans biting the hand that feeds!". True Faith. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Global Law Experts Award Publications". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ↑ "Leading Advisor Awards 2020". Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "10 Business Leaders Revamping the Future". prime view. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Chamberlin, Oscar. "Quartet appointed to Board of Directors". SAFC. SAFC. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Hunter, James. "kyril Louis-Dreyfus' brother Maurica is one of four new appointments to the Sunderland board". Chronicle News. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ↑ Buckingham, Phillip. "Sunderland look at home back in the Championship, but Neil needs reinforcements". The Athletic. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- ↑ "Simon Vumbaca". Contact out. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Neter, Sam. "Paul Blake Steps Down to Make Way for New BBL Independent Chairman". Retrieved 5 January 2023.
- ↑ "Cheshire Phoenix statement". Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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