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Legal Notices

About the Firm

The BLP Group comprises Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (“BLP”), and affiliated firms and entities carrying on business under names including “Berwin Leighton Paisner” or “BLP” (individually, a “BLP Firm”),

The BLP Group practises through branches of BLP in its offices in London, Abu Dhabi, Brussels, Paris and Singapore. In its other offices, the BLP Group practises through firms or entities affiliated with BLP.

BLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (registered number OC315919) and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (the “SRA”), whose rules can be obtained from www.sra.org.uk/handbook/. A list of partners of BLP  is open to inspection at its registered office: Adelaide House, London Bridge, London EC4R 9HA, United Kingdom. Within the BLP Group, partner is used to refer to a member, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and/or qualifications as required, of BLP or any of its affiliated firms and entities.

Lawyers in the BLP Group are regulated by the relevant professional body in their place of admission (for details, please contact the concerned lawyer) and, where relevant, in their place of practise.

For regulatory information regarding specific countries or topics, please click on the links below or use the navigation to the left hand side:

Use of this web site

This web site is owned by BLP.  This web site is protected by copyright and database right. You may print out individual articles or pages for your private use or for non-commercial research within your organisation.  No form of distribution or making available to the public (whether in print or electronic form) of any of this web site's contents is allowed without the prior written consent of one of our partners.

Disclaimer

We try to ensure the accuracy of all of the content published on this web site. However, the material on this web site is for general information only, and is not intended to be a substitute for specific legal advice.  You should obtain specific legal advice before taking or refraining from taking any action. We cannot promise that access to the web site will be uninterrupted or entirely error free.  We will not be responsible in any circumstances for any consequential or incidental damages (including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of privacy and loss of data) or for any other indirect, special or punitive damages whatsoever that arise out of or that are related to the use of this web site.

External information

This web site provides links to, and content from, other Internet sites and resources. Given that monitoring the vast amount of information disseminated and accessible via those sites and resources is impracticable and beyond our resources, such information cannot be guaranteed to be accurate, or up to date and is not endorsed by us.

Privacy Policy Statement

We use your personal information to provide you with our services. Our use of your information is subject to your instructions, the Data Protection Act 1998 (and other applicable privacy laws) and our duty of confidentiality.

We may also inform you of relevant news (such as firm-related announcements and forthcoming events) and legal developments, and to invite you to events and training sessions. If you do not wish us to contact you in this way please contact us at privacy@blplaw.com.

Any information automatically retrieved from visitors to our web site, such as site browsing patterns, will only be used in aggregate form (so that no individual users are identified) to manage our relationship with our web site services provider and to analyse site traffic.  We do not use cookies to collect information about users of our web site.

We will only disclose personal information: to successors in title to our business; to any of our affiliated firms and entities; to suppliers and external agencies we engage to process data on our behalf;  to third parties (including, but not limited to, professional indemnity insurers, brokers, auditors and other professional advisors); and where disclosure is required by law or any regulatory authority.  If you attend an event organised or hosted by us, we may disclose your details to others who attend or participate in the organisation of that event.  In addition, unless otherwise agreed, we may disclose to others that you are a client.  Once details of a matter are in the public domain (otherwise than as a result of an unauthorised disclosure by any party), we may disclose that we acted for you and the general nature of the work undertaken.  Disclosures of this kind will be made principally for pitches and promotional purposes.

We have a number of offices globally. When you provide information to us it may be accessed and used in countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy statement.

You have a right to access personal information we hold about you.  If you have any requests or queries concerning your personal information please contact us at privacy@blplaw.com.

Governing law and jurisdiction

Your use of this web site will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales and any disputes will be decided only by the courts of England and Wales.  If you have any queries with regard to this web site please contact us at info@blplaw.com.

Terms of Business

Please click here for a copy of our Terms of Business (in PDF format).