Antonio Simon Vumbaca

Antonio Simon Vumbaca is an international strategist lawyer, motorsports personality, 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 was CEO and co-founder of Bitstop betting until 2019 when he sold the company and represents the Bahrain International Circuit in its negotiations in motorsports.
== Law Career ==
=== ASV Law ===
In 2011 Vumbaca established ASV law, an international law firm based in Knightsbridge London. It specialises in delivering corporate, commercial and litigation advice.
Noticeably Vumbaca has worked with: the FIA, FIM, Formula One circuits and teams, 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. 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. 
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|Jamaican government 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|Rastafari Community, faith and indigenous culture. 
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..
=== Awards ===
Vumbaca has been published and is the recipient of multiple awards for his work in law which are detailed below:
Awards
AI 2020 Leading Advisor Awards – Leading complex cross-border Litigation and Arbitration Lawyer of the Year and Arbitration Lawyer of the Year
Advisory Excellence 2020 – Certificate of Excellence
Corporate NTL 2020 Litigation Law Firm of the Year,England
Spears500 – Top Recommended 2020
Global Law Experts 2021 RecommendedExperts
•	Global Law Experts 2021 Recommended LawFirm
== Involvement in sporting world ==
=== Motorsports ===
Vumbaca is the co-founder of Pit Stop betting which was unveiled by the Motorsport Network in 2018. In October 2018 Pit Stop betting was named the official betting partner of the UK's racing series, the Bennets British Superbike championship. Vumbaca went on to sell the company in 2019.
Vumbaca was retained since 2010 by the Bahrain international circuit to represent the international company as a whole in its negotiations in Formula 1 and other international series such as WEC and alike.
=== Sunderland AFC ===
On May 6 2021, Sunderland AFC announced a quartet of new board members including Vumbaca, Juan Sartori, Steve Davison, Maurice Louis-Dreyfus. Vumbaca is currently non-executive Director at Sunderland AFC. 
In a statement Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland AFC announced that Vumbaca 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."
Vumbaca and his three fellow board members have seen the club experience unprecedented success since their arrival. Not only have Sunderland returned 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.
=== British Basketball League ===
Vumbaca has been a trustee and executive committee member of the British Basketball League|British Basketball league. 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". Vumbaca has also sat as head of appeals for the BBL appeal panel.
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