Our Team
Andrew Eastwood, LL.B (Hons), FSWW - Managing Director.
Andrew has comprehensive experience as a professional legal practitioner, with his background as a partner in one of the largest and most highly respected firms of English Solicitors.
As well as being able to draw on his considerable experience from his years in practice as an English Solicitor, Andrew has also spent a number of years living and working in the professional service industry in Spain. This has given him the requisite involvement in legal practice in Spain and familiarity with the Spanish business culture generally.
Andrew is an active Fellow Member of the Society of Will Writers and Estate Planning Practitioners (the principal regulatory body of Will Writing and Estate Planning Professionals in the UK).
As a founding Director of The Legal 4 Spain Group, Andrew has now moved completely across from general UK legal practice to focus solely on his Group management role. He also remains on the Roll of English Solicitors and is privileged to continue as a Member of the Law Society of England and Wales (the regulatory body for the profession of English Solicitors), as a non-practising English Solicitor of the Supreme Court.
Anne Franco, BEc (Hons) - Director of Marketing.
Originally an economist from Australia, Anne has also enjoyed many years working in Marketing, Public Relations and Client Relationship Management, both in the UK and in Spain. Anne’s appointment underlines our commitment to excellence in service delivery and the development of mutually beneficial long term relationships with our clients and the other professionals with whom we work.
José Luis Sanchez Parejo - Head of Spanish Legal.
José Luis is a fully accredited and practising Spanish lawyer (”Abogado del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados”).
José Luis has an established reputation and considerable experience as a lawyer in practice in Spain, specialising in wills and probate and family law matters. His particular area of expertise is in the representation of non- Spanish clients in matters relating to Spanish law, and transactional matters in Spain.
Catharina Sinnige - Principal Technical Translator.
Catharina is an Official Sworn Translator (Intérprete Jurada), appointed by the Spanish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Catharina has vast experience as an officially appointed professional translator, with a particular specialisation in the translation of Spanish / English legal documentation.
Professor Miguel Bueno Cobos - Professional Training and IT Strategy.
Miguel has many years’ experience in education and training. This has also led to the development of his particular specialisation in the design and implementation of IT strategies for web-based businesses.
