The Firm is committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website (“Website”), contacts for our clients and prospective clients, contacts for suppliers of goods and services to the Firm, candidates for employment or engagement, and any other individuals about whom the Firm obtains personal information (“you”). Please review the following statement, which outlines the principles governing our use of personal information obtained about you, detailing how we collect, utilize, and process your personal information, as well as the rights you have concerning our processing of that information (the “Privacy Policy”). In this Privacy Policy, “personal information” refers to information that, either alone or combined with other information held by the Firm, identifies or can identify you. For California residents, “personal information” in this Privacy Policy means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a particular consumer or household, subject to exceptions under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The Firm does not sell or disclose personally identifiable information about you to unaffiliated third parties except as outlined in this Privacy Policy.
Information Collection : While you are not obligated to provide any personal information on the public areas of our website, you may choose to do so by completing specific contact or marketing forms. If you decide to provide information, we may retain details such as your name, email address, and any other information voluntarily submitted by you.
Moreover, during the course of our business, including your use of the Website, contacting us for information, engaging our services, or receiving services from you, we may collect the following categories of personal information from you. Failure to provide such information may restrict access to certain features, content, or services of the Firm Website.
Identification details, including name, gender, title, job title, or address.
Contact details, such as phone number(s), email address, and relevant social media handles.
Financial information, such as banking details and invoicing specifics. Data from event registrations or mailing lists, which may include dietary requirements (potentially revealing health or religious beliefs), preferences, interests, subscriptions, downloads, and username/passwords.
Applicant information, including identification details, contact information, resumes, and other data provided by you or third parties (e.g., recruiters) through our website, online recruitment portals (where applicable), or offline channels in connection with job opportunities, subject to local requirements.
Legal and regulatory compliance data necessary for purposes like client identification, anti-money laundering, and regulatory obligations, or part of our client onboarding process, encompassing passport or other identification details, date of birth, residential address, and additional due diligence information.
Other service-related data pertinent to the provision or receipt of services concerning your employees, customers, or vendors, and client feedback.
Cookie and device information, such as details about your visits to our website, IP address, URLs of visited websites and pages (pre, during, and post visit to the Firm Website), visit timings, computer hardware and software information, device identifiers, location, and time zone settings, even when not logged in. Additionally, the Firm may use “cookies” to recognize return visits and improve browsing experiences, along with gathering supplementary information about you.
Further details on this are provided below, and you may adjust browser settings or use alternative methods to prevent cookie placement on your device, although this may lead to reduced functionality and less personalized browsing experiences. We may supplement the information you provide with data obtained from other sources, including our personnel, clients, professional advisors, partners, Firm agents, third parties with whom we interact, and publicly accessible sources.
Information Usage: We may utilize your personal information for the following purposes:
Legal service provision – Personal information voluntarily submitted to us through the website or during our engagement, irrespective of medium (e.g., identification details, contact particulars, and other service-related data processed in connection with service delivery). This may necessitate sharing such information with third parties like expert witnesses and other professional advisors to best represent your interests, crucial to fulfilling our contractual obligations.
Client and vendor relationship management – Using identification data, contact information, financial details, and other service-related data to process invoices, update client records, and manage vendor relationships. This is essential to meet our contractual obligations.
Addressing client queries/feedback – Utilizing identification data, contact details, and other service data for these purposes, essential for fulfilling our contractual commitments and, where applicable, our legitimate interests in maintaining or establishing relationships with you, ensuring you receive a response when contacting us.
Sending pertinent marketing communications and inviting you to events/seminars – Using identification data, contact details, cookie and device information, and mailing list data to communicate via email alerts and postal mail, providing information about events, seminars, or services that may interest you. This processing is necessary for our legitimate interest in sending tailored marketing communications, client newsletters, and event/seminar invitations.
Enhancing our website – Using cookie and device data to enhance our website’s functionality and user-friendliness, crucial for our legitimate interest in continually monitoring and improving our online presence and services to you.
Securing our website, IT systems, and procedures – Using identification data, contact details, financial information, cookie and device data, and other service-related data. This is necessary to fulfill our contractual obligations, ensuring your data’s security and confidentiality, and for our legitimate interests in preventing unlawful activities such as fraud, which could harm you or us.
Compliance with legal or regulatory inquiries/requests – Utilizing identification data, contact details, financial information, cookie and device data, and legal and regulatory compliance data (e.g., for anti-money laundering or fraud detection), to meet legal obligations applicable to the Firm.
Recruitment – Collecting and processing personal information about job applicants to screen, identify, and evaluate candidates for roles, record-keeping in connection with hiring processes, analyzing hiring processes and outcomes, and conducting background checks where permitted by law. This may also include complying with legal, regulatory, and corporate governance requirements using applicant data and legal and regulatory compliance data.
Information Sharing : We may share your personal information with the following recipient categories:
Other entities within the Firm, essential for providing legal services to you and administering any agreed-upon services.
Professional advisors, partners, and Firm agents as required to deliver local legal services and manage our relationship with you.
Vendors processing your personal information on our behalf under written instructions, such as IT service providers, financial institutions, customer relationship management databases, cloud-based solutions, business analytics and statistics providers supporting our marketing campaigns, and venues hosting our events and seminars. We contractually bind these vendors to process your personal information only as instructed and ensure its security and confidentiality through appropriate technical and organizational measures.
Law enforcement, regulatory, or government agencies requesting personal information related to inquiries, subpoenas, court orders, legal or regulatory proceedings. We may also share personal information to safeguard the Firm’s legal rights, property, or safety, or those of others, or to defend against legal claims.
Third parties involved in business transfers; we may transfer your personal information to third parties in connection with Firm reorganization, restructuring, merger, acquisition, or asset transfer, provided they agree to handle your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We do not control the data policies, procedures, or content of linked websites. We recommend reviewing the privacy and security policies of each site you visit.
Data Transfers : Your personal information may be transferred or shared across our integrated computer networks to one or more Firm offices, affiliated U.S. offices, or selected service providers not subject to data protection laws akin to those in your jurisdiction. All our offices follow identical procedures regarding your personal information, including this Privacy Policy. We require service providers to use information solely for specified services and adhere to this Privacy Policy.
Your Rights If you are a California resident, subject to exceptions under the CCPA:
Access rights: You may request specific personal information collected about you in the preceding 12 months. Data portability: You can obtain a copy of your electronic personal information in a usable format. Information rights: Receive information on personal information categories collected, sources, purposes, shared/sold categories, and third-party recipients in the last 12 months. Deletion rights: Request deletion of personal information you provided, with certain exceptions such as legal obligations, security incidents, or ongoing transactions. Non-discrimination rights: Be free from discrimination for exercising CCPA rights. To exercise these rights. CCPA mandates verifying requests. We may require specific information for verification.
For job applicants, employees, partners, and contractors, certain rights commence on January 1, 2021, or as personal information pertains to business-to-business written/verbal communications, due diligence, or products/services provided to/from another business concerning their employee, owner, director, officer, or contractor.
In the past 12 months, the Firm collected these personal information categories about California residents:
Category Examples of Personal Information Identifiers and Personal Information. Name, address, email, phone number, online identifier, IP address, Social Security number, driver’s license number, passport number, education, employment history, bank account details, credit/debit card number, financial information, medical and health insurance details. Protected Characteristics. Age, gender, demographics, citizenship, marital status, medical conditions, physical/mental disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status. Internet or Network Activity. Browsing history, search history, website interaction data. Professional/Employment Information. Current/past job history, performance evaluations. Sources of Personal Information. We obtain these categories directly (e.g., completing forms), indirectly (e.g., website actions observation), or from publicly available sources.
Business/Commercial Disclosures. In the last 12 months, we disclosed these personal information types to service providers for business purposes.
No Personal Information Sale. In the last 12 months, we did not sell any personal information.