Menu Clyde & Co. Search through site content What are you looking for? Global ▾ English ▾ Legal and privacy Legal notices This page contains the following legal notices: Global legal structure and regulatory information Terms and conditions for use of this website Country specific requirements Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement Tax Evasion Statement UK Tax Strategy SRA Transparency Rules Data Protection Information 1. GLOBAL LEGAL STRUCTURE OF CLYDE & CO Clyde & Co LLP and its subsidiaries and affiliates practise law under the trading name Clyde & Co. Clyde & Co LLP Clyde & Co LLP has its headquarters at its registered office, The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR, United Kingdom. It also has branches in the following locations: Bristol Guildford Leeds Manchester Newcastle Paris Nantes Dubai Abu Dhabi Doha (Qatar Financial Centre) Clyde & Co LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC326539 and is a law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales ("SRA") under number 460690. The term "partner" is used to refer to a member of Clyde & Co LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications or an individual with equivalent status in one of Clyde & Co LLP's subsidiaries and affiliates. A list of the members of Clyde & Co LLP and of the non-members who are designated as partners is open to inspection at its registered office at The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR, United Kingdom. Members are either solicitors or registered foreign lawyers. You can access the SRA's rules by clicking on the following link: http://www.sra.org.uk/code-of-conduct.page The Qatar Financial Centre branch is licensed by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority. Clyde & Co Claims LLP Clyde & Co Claims LLP, a wholly owned subsidiary of Clyde & Co LLP, practises in Manchester and London. Clyde & Co Claims LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC344148 and is a law firm authorised and regulated by the SRA. The term "partner" is used to refer to a member of Clyde & Co Claims LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of Clyde & Co Claims LLP and of the non-members who are designated as partners is open to inspection at its registered office at The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR, United Kingdom. Members are either solicitors or registered foreign lawyers. Clyde & Co (Scotland) LLP Clyde & Co (Scotland) LLP practises as Clyde & Co in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Dundee. It is a limited liability partnership registered in Scotland under number SO305618 and is authorised and regulated by the Law Society of Scotland. A list of members is available for inspection at its registered office Albany House, 58 Albany Street, Edinburgh, EH1 3QR. Clyde & Co (Scotland) LLP uses the word "partner" to refer to a member of the LLP, or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Other practice locations Practice information for other Clyde & Co locations is as follows: Australia In Australia Clyde & Co practises as an unincorporated legal practice Clyde & Co Australia trading as Clyde & Co, ABN 72 157 316 912 is regulated by the Law Society of New South Wales (NSW). Clyde & Co is in Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Brisbane. Brazil Clyde & Co Sociedade de Consultores em Direito Estrangeiro/Direito Ingles is a representative office of Clyde & Co LLP registered as a Foreign Law Consultant Firm with the Brazilian Bar Association. Canada Clyde & Cie Canada S.E.N.C.R.L / LLP practises as Clyde & Co in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto and is a limited liability partnership formed under the laws of Quebec. China The partnership of Clyde & Co Hong Kong practises as Clyde & Co in Hong Kong. Clyde & Co Hong Kong has representative offices in Shanghai and Beijing. Clyde & Co Hong Kong is regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong. You can access the Society's rules by clicking on the following link http://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/ In addition, Clyde & Co Westlink is a joint law venture between Clyde & Co and Chongqing law firm Westlink Partnership. The joint law venture is licenced by the PRC Ministry of Justice/Chongqing Bureau of Justice. Germany Clyde & Co Europe LLP trades as Clyde & Co and is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC413029. Clyde & Co Europe LLP is registered in the partnership register of the Amtsgericht Essen under number PR 3857. A list of members is available for inspection at its registered office The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7AR, United Kingdom, or at either any of its German branch offices: Clyde & Co Europe LLP, Dreischeibenhaus 1, 40211 Dusseldorf and, ABC Business Center, Esplanade 40, 20354 Hamburg, and Maximilianstrasse 2, 80539 Munich, Germany. Clyde & Co Europe LLP uses the word "partner" to refer to a member of the LLP. Partners: Rechtsanwalt Dr. Daniel Kassing, Rechtsanwalt Dr. Volker Luecke, Rechtsanwalt Dr. Henning Schaloske, Rechtsanwalt Dr. Tim Schommer, Rechtsanwältin Dr. Tanja Schramm, Rechtsanwalt Dr. Eckehard Volz, Solicitor (England & Wales) Daniel Jones, Rechtsanwältin Eva-Maria Malheiro Barbosa, Rechtsanwalt Dr. Andreas Börner and Rechtsanwalt Dr. Sven Förster. Information pursuant to section 5 German Tele Media Act and the Regulation on Service Information Requirements: All German lawyers at Clyde & Co Europe LLP are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practise as lawyers (Rechtsanwalt) or are solicitors of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, and are members of the Dusseldorf Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf) or the Hamburg Bar (Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg) or the Munich Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer München). Clyde & Co Europe LLP's tax identification number is 133/5705/2151. Information on fee regulations and relevant professional bodies can be found at the following websites: Professional chamber: Federal Chamber of Lawyers (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer, Littenstrasse 9, 10179 Berlin) Overview of Professional Codes of Practice: Federal Regulations for Lawyers (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung, BRAO) Professional Rules for Lawyers (Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte, BORA) Act on Lawyers' Fees (Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz, RVG) Specialist Lawyers’ Regulations (Fachanwaltsordnung, FAO) Charter of core principles of the European legal profession and Code of Conduct for European lawyers (Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Union, CCBE-Berufsregeln) Non-judicial dispute resolution procedures for Lawyers/Solicitors: For client-lawyer disputes, the local chambers of lawyers (Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf, Freiligrathstrasse 25, 40479 Düsseldorf or Hanseatische Rechtsanwaltskammer Hamburg, Valentinskamp 88, 20355 Hamburg or Rechtsanwaltskammer München, Tal 33, 80331 Munich) or the Federal Chamber of Lawyers (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) provide non-judicial dispute resolution procedures (see also sections 73 and 191f BRAO). For assistance in relation to a dispute regarding online services to consumers, please refer to the EU Online Dispute Resolution website: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. In accordance with Section 36 of the VSBG legislation (Gesetz über die alternative Streitbeilegung in Verbrauchersachen), our German offices are neither obliged nor willing to participate in a dispute settlement before a consumer arbitration body. For our English lawyers, the following relevant rules and regulations governing the professional conduct of solicitors admitted in England and Wales apply: Law regulating the activity of European lawyers in Germany (Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland, EuRAG) SRA Overseas and Cross-border Practice Rules SRA Financial Services (Conduct of Business) Rules Professional Indemnity Insurance: Clyde & Co Europe LLP has professional indemnity insurance cover for its lawyers in Germany provided by MSIG Insurance Europe AG: An den Dominikanern 11-27 50668 Koeln, Germany. In addition, Clyde & Co Europe LLP is insured under Clyde & Co LLP's global insurance programme. Greece Clyde & Co (Greece) LLP practises as Clyde & Co in Piraeus and is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC326540. Clyde & Co (Greece) LLP is authorised and regulated by the SRA. The term "partner" is used to refer to a member of Clyde & Co (Greece) LLP or an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of Clyde & Co (Greece) LLP and of non-members who are designated as partners is open to inspection at its registered office at The St Botolph Building, 138 Houndsditch, London, EC3A 7AR, United Kingdom. Members are either solicitors or registered foreign lawyers. Mexico Garza Tello y Asociados S.C practises as Garza Tello-Clyde & Co Mexico in Mexico City. Garza Tello y Asociados S.C is a Sociedad Civil, incorporated in accordance with the laws of the United Mexican States and is duly registered in the Public Registry of Commerce of Mexico. Republic of Ireland Clyde & Co practises in the Republic of Ireland as Clyde & Co Ireland through Garrett Moore, who is qualified to practise in Ireland and in England and Wales and is also a partner of Clyde & Co LLP. Clyde & Co Ireland is authorised and regulated by the Law Society of Ireland. Clyde & Co Ireland is based in Dublin at Pembroke House, 28-32 Upper Pembroke Street, Dublin 2. Singapore Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Pte. Ltd. practises as Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore and is a Joint Law Venture between Clyde & Co LLP and Singapore law firm Clasis LLC. Clyde & Co Clasis Singapore Pte. Ltd. is a limited liability company registered in Singapore under No. 201316191K and regulated by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of Singapore. South Africa Clyde & Co Incorporated practises as Clyde & Co in Johannesburg and Cape Town and is a personal liability company incorporated in South Africa with registration number 2014/107150/21. Spain Clyde Abogados SLP practises as Clyde & Co in Madrid. Clyde Abogados SLP is registered with the Madrid Companies Registry, page M-558971, Volume 31057, Folio 8. Tax identification No. B86709888. Tanzania Clyde & Co Tanzania practises as Clyde & Co in Dar es Salaam. Clyde & Co Tanzania is a partnership between Clyde & Co (Tanzania) LLP and Kibuta Ongwamuhama of Ako Law, a Tanzanian law firm. United States of America Clyde & Co US LLP practises as Clyde & Co in Atlanta, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, New York, San Francisco, Newport Beach, Washington D.C., Chicago, Las Vegas, Denver and Phoenix. Clyde & Co US LLP is a limited liability partnership formed under the laws of the State of Delaware. Some of the contents of this website may constitute attorney advertising under the New York Rules of Professional Conduct. The following statement is made in accordance with those rules: ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. PRIOR RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE A SIMILAR OUTCOME. Venezuela Despacho de Abogados, miembros de la Firma Internacional de Abogados Clyde & Co practises as Clyde & Co in Caracas. Despacho de Abogados, miembros de la Firma Internacional de Abogados Clyde & Co is a civil society of Venezuelan lawyers, domiciled in Caracas and registered at the Subordinate Registry for the First Circuit of the State of Miranda. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Clyde & Co LLP Lawyers and Legal Consultants practices as Clyde & Co in Riyadh. Clyde & Co LLP Lawyers and Legal Consultants is a company incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with commercial registration number 1010423954 and professional licence number 323/12/587. Associations Clyde & Co LLP also has association arrangements with local law firms in the following countries: Chile: Grasty Quintana Majlis, Santiago India: CSL Chambers, New Delhi Kenya: Kangwana & Co, Nairobi Malaysia: Shaikh David & Co (SDC), Kuala Lumpur Mongolia: MDS & Khan Lex LLP, Ulaanbaatar New Zealand: Fee Langstone, Auckland Other regulatory information Anti-money laundering In the UK and other jurisdictions in which we operate, we are required to identify clients for the purpose of applicable anti-money laundering legislation. This means that when we first receive instructions from a client, we are required to identify both our client and (if applicable) the client’s beneficial owner(s) and to verify those identities. We may therefore ask you to provide us with appropriate evidence of identity or other information, which we will retain. If satisfactory evidence or information is not provided within a reasonable time of our request we may have to stop acting for you. Professional indemnity insurance In England and Wales and in certain other jurisdictions in which we operate, we are required to have in place professional indemnity insurance. Details of Clyde & Co LLP's compulsory professional indemnity insurance as required by the SRA in England & Wales is as follows. The insurers writing our compulsory cover are QBE UK Limited of Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BD and Travelers Insurance Designated Activity Company of 23-27 Alie Street, London, E1 8DS. This insurance covers Clyde & Co practice vehicles in England and Wales, and will extend to acts or omissions wherever in the world they occur. UK – Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 Clyde & Co LLP, Clyde & Co Claims LLP and Clyde & Co (Scotland) LLP are not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority of the UK to conduct regulated activities under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (FSMA). However, Clyde & Co LLP, Clyde & Co Claims LLP and Clyde & Co (Scotland) LLP are included on the register of exempt professional firms maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority so that we can carry on insurance distribution activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts, as an ancillary insurance intermediary. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in England and Wales and the Law Society of Scotland in Scotland. The register of exempt professional firms can be accessed via the Financial Conduct Authority website at www.fca.org.uk/firms/financial-services-register. UK – Complaints England & Wales Clyde & Co is committed to providing the highest standard of service to its clients. If however you have any queries or concerns, at any time, on any aspect of a matter (including a bill) then please do not hesitate to contact the Partner responsible for supervising your matter. If this does not resolve the matter to your satisfaction, or you would prefer not to speak to the Partner supervising your matter, then please feel free to contact our General Counsel, who also acts as our Client Care Partner for England and Wales. We will try to address any problem quickly and operate an internal complaints handling system to help us resolve the matter between ourselves. Details of our procedure for handling complaints are available from our General Counsel on request. If for any reason we are unable to resolve matters between us within eight weeks, you may be entitled to ask the Legal Ombudsman of England and Wales to investigate your complaint. There are time limits for making such an application, generally within six months of our final written response to your complaint. For further information, you should refer to the Legal Ombudsman website (www.legalombudsman.org.uk) or contact them by telephone (0300 555 0333), by email (enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk), or by writing to: Legal Ombudsman, PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton, WV1 9WJ. If your complaint is about your bill, you may also apply to the court for an assessment of the bill under Part III of the Solicitors’ Act 1974. If all or part of a bill remains unpaid, we may be entitled to charge interest. If you consider that we have breached an SRA Principle, please refer the matter directly to the SRA. Scotland If you are unhappy in the first instance please take this up with the person handling your case. If you remain dissatisfied then matters should then be raised with the Partner supervising your matter. Thereafter you have the opportunity to raise the matter in writing with our Client Care Partner for Scotland. This will be handled in terms of our complaints protocol which has been submitted to the Law Society of Scotland and a copy of which is available upon request. If you continue to remain dissatisfied then you may also take matters up with the Scottish Legal Complaints Commission (SLCC), The Stamp Office, 10-14 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EH. The SLCC operates within strict time limits and require complaints to be made within one year of the service ending or the conduct occurring. In considering time limits, the SLCC has a discretion to disregard any period of time if it considers that the complainer was excusably unaware of the grounds of the complaint. At any time, the SLCC will be able to provide information regarding the procedures for complaints against solicitors. We would refer you to http://www.scottishlegalcomplaints.org.uk. 2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR USE OF THIS WEBSITE This website is owned by Clyde & Co LLP. 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Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement This slavery and human trafficking statement is made on behalf of Clyde & Co LLP, ("Clyde & Co"), pursuant to section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the "Act") for the financial year ending on 30 April 2020. View the full statement 5. Tax Evasion Statement At the core of Clyde & Co.'s values is a commitment to upholding the rule of law and conducting business ethically and with integrity. We recognise the importance of cultivating a positive culture of compliance and take a zero tolerance approach to tax evasion and the facilitation of tax evasion. Our culture and approach is supported by an internal policy prohibiting tax evasion, or its facilitation, which is communicated and enforced throughout our firm. View the full statement 6. UK Tax Strategy Statement Clyde & Co LLP regards this strategy statement as complying with its duty under Schedule 19 to the Finance Act 2016. This statement applies to Clyde & Co LLP and all UK affiliated entities for the financial year ended 30 April 2021 and subsequent financial periods until it is superseded. The statement covers our approach to conducting our UK tax affairs and dealing with UK tax uncertainties and risk. View the full statement 7. SRA Transparency Rules Download the full statement. 8. Data Protection Information Clyde & Co takes the data privacy of individuals very seriously. For information on how we treat personal data, please see our Privacy Notice (here). For information on the cookies we use, please see our Cookie Policy (here). The free flow of personal data between us and our clients is essential for our provision of legal advice and related services to our clients, as well as our ongoing client relationships. As a result, we have put in place appropriate arrangements that allow for the free flow of personal data between us and our clients. 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