As a registered FA intermediary since 2008, John has acted for players and clubs during transfer deals. He has also represented Premier League and Championship Clubs such as QPR, Stoke City, West Ham, Manchester United and Liverpool for training compensation claims. John speaks fluent French and worked in Paris, Bordeaux and Brussels for an international law firm.

A lawyer for almost a decade, and a passionate Liverpool fan since the age of four, John has the expertise and specialist knowledge of sports law.

Half-Basque, half-British, Xabier is fluent in English, Spanish, French and German, which enables him to work closely with many European and South American players and managers. Working in sport since 2009 and a registered FA intermediary, Xabier has clients at both British and European clubs including Marseille, Valencia, Barcelona, Chelsea and Arsenal. He has also represented rugby players at Saracens, and British, European and World Champion boxers. A lawyer since May 2006, Xabier previously worked at leading law firms in London, Madrid and Paris.

He splits his support half-Athletic-Bilbao and half-Manchester United and regularly travels to watch his favourite teams.

As one of the first coaches in England to be awarded the FA Advanced Coaching Licence, Alan Smith began his coaching career with Wimbledon FC. During his time as Manager at Dulwich Hamlet he won promotion to the Isthmian Premier Division. After having spent ten years at Crystal Palace, Alan was appointed as Manager in 1993. He secured them the Division One Championship and was awarded Championship Manager of the Year. With subsequent roles at Wycombe Wanderers, Fulham, a return to Crystal Palace and Middlesbrough, Alan has decades of experience, which he will be able to share with DBW Global and their players.

Mark is a disputes lawyer with a specialism in sports. He has worked on various contentious matters for a top Premier League football club. He has also acted for the British Horseracing Authority on a judicial review of the Horserace Betting Levy Board regarding the liability of betting exchanges to pay horseracing betting levy. The claim was heard in the Court of Appeal.

Mark’s head supports Spurs, but his heart supports Barnet and was a mascot in 1991.

As well as commercial legal matters, Billy advises our clients on their intellectual property position. Billy provided a French international footballer advice in relation to protecting the player’s name as well as the handling of his image rights, following the player’s £12m move to a top English football club. Billy has also helped enforce the copyright of a client following a leading kit manufacturer’s infringement, which was settled with a fantastic result for the client.

Despite once playing for Khoromkhon FC in the Mongolian Premier League, Billy has since stuck to the occasional 5-a-side game and following Chelsea FC.

Isobel works as the London Office Manager, and acts as a parent and player liaison where she organises workshops, travels and keeps up to date with fixtures and results. As Isobel’s football knowledge increases she hopes that her Fantasy Football strategies and successes will too.

For several years, Martin was a manager and assistant manager at Non-League Football Clubs in the Midlands Area. He then went to work for Aston Villa FC as a National Talent Identification Scout where he remained there for over 17 years.

During Martin’s seventeen years at Aston Villa FC he was the Deputy Head of Recruitment in the Midlands and ran two development centres in Leicester and the Hinckley area for their Academy. Now, Martin works as our Deputy Head of our Football Development Section in the Midlands and provides feedback to the players on their performances, as well as providing match reports to the London Office.

Daniel is one of the most experienced people in Argentinian club football. He works closely with a number of clubs, including Boca Juniors, River Plate and Racing Club among others.

Exclusively with DBW Global, Daniel works to identify top young talent from S. America as well as established players. Together, we find the players transfers into Europe’s top leagues. Some of the players we have worked with include Jonathan Calleri, Nicolás Lodeiro, Claudio Yacob and Leonel Vangioni.

Cristian is Daniel’s son and works closely with his father. He resides in Switzerland and works with many of the clubs there as well as elsewhere in Europe.

Cristian was himself a fantastic sportsman, having been a successful professional tennis player, representing Switzerland in the Davis Cup with Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka.

Javi was one of the first 20 licenced intermediaries in Spanish football.

Based in Madrid, Javi works closely with most clubs in Spain especially in and around Madrid.