Terms of Use and Legal Notices

TERMS OF USE

Welcome to gibsondunn.com (the “Site”). This Site is operated by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP (“Gibson Dunn”). Please read these Terms of Use carefully before using the Site. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. Gibson Dunn reserves the right to modify these Terms of Use at any time by posting modified Terms of Use, and your continued use of the Site thereafter will constitute agreement with such modifications.

PRIVACY NOTICE

Gibson Dunn does not sell, provide, or trade its customer list, prospect list, or mailing lists to any person or company other than its affiliates.  Gibson Dunn processes Personal Information (as defined in our Privacy Statement) regarding users of the Site.  For more information, please refer to our Privacy Statement.

NO ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP

Transmission of the information in the Site is not intended to create, and receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship. Newsletter recipients and online readers should not rely upon the transmission of an e-mail message to Gibson Dunn through the Site to create an attorney-client relationship. Internet subscribers and online readers should not act upon any information in the Site without first consulting legal counsel of their own directly. The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before selection of counsel, users should ask a prospective attorney or law firm to send free written information about their qualifications and experience. The information in the Site is not provided in the course of an attorney-client relationship and is not intended to constitute legal advice or to substitute for obtaining legal advice from an attorney licensed in the appropriate jurisdiction.

ATTORNEY ADVERTISING

Some of the content on the Site, including text, images, logos, and or other material (Content), qualifies as attorney advertising under the applicable rules of some U.S. states and other jurisdictions, for example, the New York State Lawyers Code of Professional Responsibility.  The Content was prepared for general informational purposes only based on information available at the time of publication and is not intended as, does not constitute, and should not be relied upon as, legal advice or a legal opinion on any specific facts or circumstances.  Gibson Dunn (and its affiliates, attorneys, and employees) shall not have any liability in connection with any use of the Content.  The sharing of Content does not establish an attorney-client relationship with the recipient and should not be relied upon as an alternative for advice from qualified counsel.  Please note that facts and circumstances may vary, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

COMPLIANCE

Unless otherwise specified, the attorneys listed in the Site are admitted to practice in the jurisdiction in which their office is located, and they are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Unless otherwise specified, the attorneys listed in the Site are not certified as a specialist in any practice area by the Tennessee Commission on Continuing Legal Education and Specialization.

All Content, and all intellectual property rights thereto, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade names and trade dress, are owned or used with permission by Gibson Dunn or its affiliates. You agree not to copy, reproduce, republish, transmit, modify or distribute any of the Content absent the prior written approval of Gibson Dunn. These rights are valid and protected in all forms, media, and technologies existing now or hereafter developed.

PROHIBITED CONDUCT

When visiting this Site, you agree not to:

  • use the Site in any manner designed to hinder the proper operation or performance of the Site, including, without limitation, the following: hacking, encouraging hacking, introducing viruses or malware, disrupting the functionalities of the Site, and launching Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks against the Site;
  • collect or use Personal Information available on the Site for the purpose of sending unsolicited communications;
  • breach applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, undermining the respect of data privacy or human dignity and inciting violence or discrimination;
  • attempt to gain unauthorized access to nonpublic portions of the Site , nonpublic resources to which the Site hyperlinks, or Gibson Dunn’s servers and network.

CONTENT DISCLAIMER

The Content is provided “as is.” We do not represent that the Content will be error-free, timely, free of viruses or other harmful elements, or that defects will be corrected. Neither Gibson Dunn nor any of its affiliates, partners or employees, makes any representations, express or implied, with respect to the timeliness, accuracy or completeness of any of the Contents, and expressly disclaim any liability or warranties, express or implied, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Gibson Dunn expressly disclaims any liability for any action, or failure to take action, in reliance on any of the Content. Your sole remedy for any dissatisfaction with any of the Content is to refrain from using the Site.

This Site may include links to other Internet sites that are beyond the control of Gibson Dunn. Gibson Dunn is not responsible for the content of any such sites, makes no representations regarding any such sites, cannot guarantee their practices regarding data privacy, and does not necessarily endorse or approve of the information, material, products, or services contained on or accessible through any such sites. You acknowledge and agree that your linking to other sites, your use of such sites, and your use of any information, material, products, and services offered by such sites, are solely at your own risk.

HONG KONG

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher is a Hong Kong general partnership which is regulated by the Law Society of Hong Kong.  A list of partners of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher will be provided upon request.

Contact information:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher
32/F Gloucester Tower
The Landmark
15 Queen’s Road Central
Hong Kong
Telephone: +852 2214 3700
Fax: +852 2214 3710
Email: [email protected]

EUROPE

BRUSSELS

Information as per Article 7 of the Belgian Law of March 11, 2003:

The partners of the Belgian office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP practice from the following address:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
Avenue Louise 480
1050 Brussels, Belgium
Telephone: +32 2 554 70 00
Fax: +32 2 554 70 33
E-mail: [email protected]

The Belgian office is comprised of lawyers who are admitted within Belgium to practice as lawyers and are members of the Brussels Bar, List E and/or are members of foreign Bars or Law Societies. Regulatory provisions applicable to members of the Brussels Bar are available from the Brussels Bar Associations at: www.baliebrussel.be (Dutch-language Order) or www.barreaudebruxelles.be (French-language Order).

GERMANY

Imprint

(For a German language version of this information, please click here [PDF].)

Contact information:

Frankfurt Office
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
RA Dr. Dirk Oberbracht
Taunustor 1
60310 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Telephone: +49 69 247 411 500
Fax: +49 69 247 411 501
Email: [email protected]

Munich Office
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
RA Dr. Benno Schwarz
Marstallstrasse 11
80539 Munich, Germany
Telephone: +49 89 189 33-0
Fax: +49 89 189 33-333
Email: [email protected]

Bar admission:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Germany is a Delaware limited liability partnership. The personal liability of our partners is limited in accordance with applicable laws. The partners of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s offices are included in the lists accessible under the following links:

Frankfurt
Munich

Bar admission:

Unless otherwise noted, all attorneys practicing at the German offices of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP are admitted to practice in the Federal Republic of Germany. Some are admitted to also practice in the United States in New York. The competent bar associations in Germany are:

Frankfurt am Main (Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main, Bockenheimer Anlage 36, 60322 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, phone: +49-69-170098-01, telefax +49-69-170098-50)

Munich (Rechtsanwaltskammer Muenchen, Tal 33, 80331 Muenchen, Germany, phone: +49-89-532944-0, telefax +49-89-532944-28),

All persons designated as tax consultants are admitted as tax consultants in Germany and are members of the Munich Chamber of Tax Consultants, Nederlinger Straße 9, 80638 Munich, Germany, telephone 089 157902-0, fax 089 157902-19.

Applicable Regulations:

The following professional Regulations for attorneys apply:

  • Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO) / The Federal Lawyers’ Act
  • Berufsordnung (BORA) / Rules of Professional Practice
  • Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO)
  • Rechtsanwaltsverguetungsgesetz (RVG)
  • Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwaelte der Europaeischen Union (CCBE)
  • Gesetz ueber die Taetigkeit europaeischer Rechtsanwaelte in Deutschland (EuRAG)/ Law regulating the activity of European lawyers in Germany

These Regulations can be found at http://www.brak.de under “Berufsrecht.”

The following professional Regulations for tax advisors apply:

  • Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG)
  • Verordnung zur Durchführung der Vorschriften über Steuerberater, Steuerbevollmächtigte und Steuerberatungsgesellschaften (DVStB)
  • Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberaterkammer (BOStB)
  • Steuerberatergebührenverordnung (StBGebV)

Tax identification number (Sec. 27a UStG):

VAT#: DE222166404

Liability insurance:

The attorneys admitted in Germany (Rechtsanwälte) of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP in Germany are insured under a worldwide Professional Liability Insurance (Berufshaftpflichtversicherung) with ERGO Versicherung AG, Victoriaplatz 1, 40477 Düsseldorf, Germany.

Disputes:

In case of disputes between lawyers and their clients an out-of-court mediation can be requested with the Munich or Frankfurt bar association (cf. Sec. 73 (2) no. 3 and (5) BRAO) or with the Federal Bar Association (cf. sec. 191f BRAO). For details please cf. http://www.brak.de or send an email to [email protected].

Information pursuant to Section 36 VSBG

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP does not participate in alternative dispute resolution proceedings in front of the consumer arbitration board for lawyers established at the German Bar Association in Berlin.

Information pursuant to Art. 14 (1) ODR

Online-Dispute resolution:

EU platform for extrajudicial online dispute resolution: http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/

Partner in charge:

The persons responsible for press releases and publications on the German webpage of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP are:

Frankfurt Office:  RA Dr. Dirk Oberbracht, who can be reached at [email protected] – please see above for full contact details

Munich Office:  RA Dr. Benno Schwarz, who can be reached at [email protected] – please see above for full contact details.

For information regarding the processing of personnel data by GIBSON DUNN’s Frankfurt and Munich offices, please click here.

FRANCE

PARIS

We operate in France through a Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP branch office in Paris.

Amanda Bevan-de Bernède is in charge of the Paris office.

Contact information:

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
16, avenue Matignon
75008 Paris, France
Telephone: +33 1 56 43 13 00
Fax: +33 1 56 43 13 33
Email: [email protected]

SIRET: 302 980 792 00055
VAT number: FR 08302980792

Professional Title, Country where Title was granted, and Professional Body of Registration:
The Paris office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is registered with the Paris Bar (“Ordre des Avocats de Paris”) and is comprised of attorneys admitted as members of the Paris Bar (“avocats”) and/or of foreign bars.

More information on our lawyers and their professional qualifications can be found in the “PEOPLE” section of the Site.

Applicable Professional Rules:
The internal rules of the Paris Bar (“Règlement intérieur du Barreau de Paris”) applicable to attorneys registered with the Paris Bar, are available at: http://dl.avocatparis.org/reglement_interieur/RIBP.htm 

UNITED KINGDOM

LONDON

Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher UK LLP in London is a limited liability partnership, registered in Delaware. A list of the partners and their qualifications is open for inspection at Telephone House, 2-4 Temple Avenue, London EC4Y 0HB, United Kingdom.

VAT Number: GB 756 2184 21.

Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher UK LLP in London is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (Number 324652), whose regulations can be found at http://www.sra.org.uk. It is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but is able in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because it is supervised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. It can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services that it has been engaged to provide.

Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher UK LLP in London is insured in accordance with the requirements of the Solicitors’ Indemnity Insurance Rules 2009 through Lloyd’s of London with Pembroke Syndicate 4000 of One Lime Street, London EC3M 7HA. The territorial coverage of the policy extends to acts or omissions arising out of the professional business of the London firm wherever they occur.

In accordance with the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s Transparency Rules, we have published costs information here regarding the services that Gibson Dunn can provide in respect of Employment Tribunal claims. A summary of our 2023 diversity data is available here.

The Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 introduced a new register of overseas entities (“ROE”) at Companies House.  The ROE is a publicly searchable register that records the beneficial ownership of non-UK entities holding UK land.  Registration at Companies House is not straightforward and involves the registrable information being independently verified by a “relevant person”.  A relevant person includes financial institutions, accountants, tax advisers, lawyers and trust/company service providers.  Following detailed guidance from the Law Society, Gibson Dunn, in common with the majority of English-regulated law firms, does not conduct ROE verification as a service for clients.  There are, however, a number of UK company service providers that do offer this service.

Complaints

If you are a client of the Firm and there is anything you are not happy about, please let us know straight away. In the first instance, you should contact either the person handling the matter in question or the contact partner. If you are still dissatisfied, you should raise your concern with one of the Co-Partners-In-Charge of our London office. If for any reason we are unable to resolve the problem between us, then complaints and redress mechanisms are provided through the Legal Ombudsman. The Legal Ombudsman’s jurisdiction is set out in the Legal Services Act 2007 and in the Legal Ombudsman’s Scheme Rules. Under those Scheme Rules, if the matter has not been resolved to your satisfaction after raising it with one of the Co-Partners-in-Charge, you may have the right to refer it to the Legal Ombudsman. The Legal Ombudsman’s contact details are: Legal Ombudsman, PO Box 6167, Slough SL1 0EH, United Kingdom; email: [email protected]; see www.legalombudsman.org.uk for further information. The Legal Ombudsman expects complaints to be made to it no later than one year from the act/omission about which you wish to complain or one year from when you should reasonably have known there was cause for complaint.  Ordinarily you must refer your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman within six months of the date of our final written response to you (www.legalombudsman.org.uk/information-centre/learning-resources/the-leo-process/guidance-scheme-rules-faq). If you are concerned about our behaviour, the Solicitors Regulation Authority can help; see www.sra.org.uk/ for further information.