Our family engaged the services of Scornik Gerstein to handle a transaction in Spain. Our experience overall was rather unpleasant in dealing with Mr. Antonio Arenas, who also happens to be Managing Partner. The quality of work, strategies adversely affecting our position, lack of communication and surprise fees were all part of the woeful experience. We found the firm to be highly unprofessional in handling our case and even when we came to making a complaint, a lack of impartiality was evident to us. From our experience, the focus of this firm seemed to be centred primarily on financial gain, rather than mitigating unnecessary expenditure for their clients. The initial fee estimates along with the updated fee estimate were totally misjudged by the firm and having far exceeded their fee estimates, very little significant work was done. By the time we decided to find new representation, we were out of pocket a significant amount of money and effectively were not materially closer to having our transaction completed, or even at the next phase. The new lawyers we found were courteous, communicated well and kept to their initial fee estimates. Having dealt with numerous law firms in the past, I must say this was the poorest experience I have had to date. I strongly recommend the Managing Partner to consider the level of service he is offering and take on board the customer feedback, as clearly, others are not satisfied with their experiences and their appears to be a recurring theme.
Scornik Gerstein has been incredibly helpful for me. I called requesting urgent help and Antonio Arenas resolved immediately: I needed to have a power of attorney issued to authorize my family in Spain and the process was super smooth and quick. I highly recommend them and will call them again when I need :)
We were super pleased with Scornik Gerstein’s service. They helped us get our visas and were efficient and friendly and made the whole process trouble free. Dealing with them was a pleasure. Big thanks to them all. Highly recommended.
I don’t usually like to leave reviews, but when a service provided by a legal professional is so bad it is important to share so others are aware of what they will encounter. Communication is almost non existent. The main lawyer Antonio is rude and full of himself and he will rip you off. His associates are inexperienced and are relied upon to deal with important matters of which they clearly don’t have enough knowledge. Of course you pay through the nose and receive no value in return. One star is generous!
When I shared with an old lawyer friend of mine, based in Gran Canaria, that I needed to speak to someone with international expertise here in England, he very highly referred me to Antonio, whom I took a telephone consultation with. Antonio advised on the correct actions to take in relation to my concerns. He informally shared what the costs of the services I needed would roughly be when I asked him too and even mentioned the existence of legal aid. Immediately after, he offered to put me in touch with a very trusted lawyer that is highly spoken of and could help with that matter. He offered to act upon our conversation and email her on my behalf. Antonio listened to me and gave me clear and valuable information with confidence. He welcomed all my questions and I left the conversation with the answers I was looking for and more. I am thankful for the time he gave me and appreciate his straightforwardness.
