Terms & Conditions

1.1 The Firm shall provide the Client with legal services as mentioned in the invoice only which may consist of professional legal counselling, representation or defence of the person in court, during pre-trial procedure or elsewhere, and preparation of documents for the person and performing other legal acts in the interests of the person.

1.2. In performing the Contract for Legal Services and the assignments, in applying his or her experience and in finding solutions the attorney shall be guided by the objective to ensure the maximum legal protection of the Client’s interests, including to create legal certainty and clarity, and shall be guided by law and professional ethics.

1.3. The intellectual property rights created within the framework of legal services provided by the Firm belong to the Firm and the Firm shall grant the Client a non-exclusive licence for the use of the created documents worldwide in a manner necessary for the Client in court proceedings.

1.4. The Firm shall ensure the quality of the legal service provided to the Client and shall not be liable for damage caused to the Client through act of opposite parties to the suit in the court proceeding while we shall ensure to avoid gross negligence.

AUTHORISATION

2.1. The authorisation and liability to act on behalf of the Client shall come into force at the moment of the full payment is received by the firm for the said legal services.

2.2. In order to replace the associate performing the assignment, the Firm shall appoint one of its attorneys/associate as a substitute attorney as per requirement of client in the case.

2.3. The Firm and the associates working in firm for assisting your case shall not conclude transactions on behalf of and on the account of themselves in the interests of or based on the assignment of the Client, if the purpose thereof is to conceal the actual beneficiary owner, circumvent any supervision, tax, reporting and other obligations, or any other purpose contrary to the law. We provide our associates with their reimbursements for their services to law firm on per assignment basis therefore disallow direct transactions.

2.4. The Firm is entitled to process the personal data of the Client and third parties relating to the performance of the assignment in accordance with the case requirement only.

FEES AND COSTS

3.1. The principles for calculation and the amount of the fees for legal services are as per the type of Legal Services either as per hearing basis, or a lump sum amount or amount paid for legal services on yearly basis or month wise basis. Calculation of the fees are discussed prior with the client as per legal services in quotation.

3.2. The hourly rate for the work performed, at the request of the Client, outside the usual working hours or any work allotted under urgent request shall be charged separately.

3.3. The Firm shall keep account of the time spent on the performance of the Client’s assignment.

3.4. The Client shall reimburse the Firm for the justified and necessary expenses relating to the performance of the assignment. The expenses to be reimbursed include e.g. state fees, translation costs, expert fees, reasonable necessary travel expenses (plane tickets, ferry tickets, hotel accommodation,etc.), necessary courier and communication costs, cost of making unusually high number of copies, binding, etc. At the request of the Client, the Firm shall add the relevant expense receipts (invoices, receipts, boarding passes, etc.) to the invoice for the legal services.

3.5. The Firm shall submit the invoice for the legal services provided and the expenses incurred during the previous month at the day of payment is done by the client.

CONFIDENTIALITY OF COMMUNICATION:

4.1. The confidentiality of the communication with the Client at the place of business of the Firm is ensured by law and the Firm shall maintain the confidentiality of the fact of applying for legal services, the content of legal assistance and the amount of the fees.

4.2. The confidentiality obligation shall not be limited in time and shall apply to all the employees of the Firm. The Firm shall duly observe the requirements of the professional ethics of our associates.

4.3. The Firm shall make reasonable efforts to ensure confidentiality of any communication performed by means of electronic devices, but the Client is aware that it is impossible to guarantee full confidentiality in case of such communication.

RESPONSIBILITY SO AS TO DOCUMENTS OF CLIENT:

5.1. The Firm has no obligation to verify the accuracy of information received from the Client.

5.2. The Firm shall, during the performance of the assignment, maintain all documents related to the performance of the assignment that are received from the Client or third parties.

5.3. The Firm is entitled not to maintain documents in paper form if there is an electronic copy thereof (except for original documents). The firm shall not maintain any printouts of electronic correspondence and electronic documents publicly available on the Internet.

5.4. The Firm is entitled to withhold the documents of the Client until the fees for the legal service and the costs related to the provision of service have been reimbursed.

5.5. After the termination of the assignment or the Contract for Legal Services, the Client is obligated to collect, on its own account, from the Firm the documents received for performance of the assignment from the Client or third parties.

DECLARATION ON TERMS AND CONDITIONS:

6.1. The Firm is entitled to amend these present General Terms and Conditions at any time by informing thereof on its homepage.

6.2. The Client may terminate the Contract for Legal Services at any time by informing the Firm thereof.