About Us
AZJ Legal was founded in 2017 by Anthony Jimenez as a specialist legal advisory practice designed as an alternative to large corporate law firms. Our focus is on serving independent investment managers and understanding their specific needs in a way that large, traditional law firms often overlook.
Anthony brought unique insight to this mission, having previously served as Managing Director and General Counsel of the Gibraltar operations of a major London-based wealth manager. This experience gave him a clear understanding of the pressures faced by investment managers and the type of legal support they require. He recognised that investment professionals need more than legal advice; they need continuous legal support, allowing them to focus on client relationships and investment strategy, while being confident that their legal and contractual matters are in expert hands.
Independent managers also require personal care and attention – a tailored service model that goes beyond the transactional approach of larger firms. Anthony understood that the right legal partner must integrate into the manager’s own operations, act swiftly and effectively, and provide the negotiation skills needed to secure the best outcomes in contracts and transactions. This philosophy shaped AZJ Legal’s service model and inspired our guiding principle: “We don’t just act for you, we stand beside you.”
Since its formation, AZJ Legal has grown steadily, broadening its expertise and expanding into new sectors while staying true to its founding ethos. Today, the firm advises clients not only in investment management but also across corporate, financial services, tax, trusts, and funds work. Despite this growth, AZJ Legal has remained committed to its original vision: providing a trusted, integrated, and responsive legal advisory service that prioritises long-term relationships over short-term transactions.
AZJ Legal (Gibraltar) is proud to be a full member of the WorldLink for Law network, an established international alliance of independent law firms. Through this membership, AZJ Legal further strengthens its cross-border capabilities and offers its clients access to trusted legal expertise across multiple jurisdictions.
Deliberately different
How we work
Mayfair and Gibraltar
Deliberately different
Our team of senior, partner-level dual-qualified lawyers based in London and Gibraltar combine legal expertise with sector-specific industry experience, ensuring our services are precisely aligned with the needs and expectations of our clients. We are known for being responsive, agile, proactive and solution-oriented, providing pragmatic and commercially driven legal advice that supports our clients in achieving both their business and personal objectives.
We deliver successful outcomes – whether that means closing a key transaction, resolving a complex legal issue, or enabling a client to seize a strategic opportunity. However, success, to us, is not defined by results alone. We prioritise getting to know our clients and developing long-term relationships. We place great importance on understanding their personal and business goals, values, pressures, and long-term visions. Our work is shaped not just by legal and commercial considerations, but by a genuine understanding of what success means to each individual client.
We don’t just act for you. We stand beside you. And that’s what makes all the difference.
How we work
AZJ Legal was established in response to a clear gap in the legal market: clients in our target sectors wanted a more personalised, commercially tailored, and hands-on approach from their legal advisers. Something traditional, large law firms are not designed to deliver. We understand our clients’ businesses, priorities, and challenges, and provide senior-level engagement, specialised advice, and consistent support throughout.
We are structured to be flexible and responsive – large enough to make an impact yet deliberately lean to ensure a personalised service. Our legal advice is designed to move you forward and to be aligned with your commercial goals and tailored to your individual circumstances. We treat every client as if they were our only client.
What sets us apart is not just our technical ability or sector knowledge but the way we work alongside our clients. You have direct access to a senior lawyer who understands you, your business, and your ambitions and who integrates into your team like a trusted internal adviser.
This is how we practise law at AZJ Legal: with purpose, with precision, and always by your side.
Mayfair and Gibraltar
One of AZJ Legal’s most distinctive advantages lies in our dual-qualified team, enabling us to provide expert legal advice under both English law and Gibraltar law. With fully regulated offices in both jurisdictions, we are uniquely positioned to offer seamless, integrated legal services that bridge the regulatory and commercial frameworks of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar. This is particularly advantageous in cross-border matters, including the passporting of financial and professional services between Gibraltar and the UK.
Gibraltar’s unique relationship with the UK, particularly post-Brexit, allows financial services firms based in Gibraltar to continue to access the UK market.
Our Mayfair office is a prime location for many of our clients who are London-based, allowing us to provide the personal, hands-on service our clients value.