Legal Notices
Conditions of Use of Akin Website
1. Akin. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, operates as a limited liability partnership under the laws and regulations of numerous jurisdictions both inside and outside the United States. For the purposes of these Conditions of Use of Akin Gump Website, “Akin Gump” means Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Akin Gump LLP, a limited liability partnership under the laws of New York and operating in the United Kingdom.
2. These terms applicable to all use. Any use by you of this website must be in accord with the terms and conditions stated here.
3. No lawyer-client relationship created. Your use of this website does not create a lawyer-client relationship between you and Akin Gump or any Akin Gump lawyer. Such a lawyer-client relationship is created only by an express agreement with an Akin Gump lawyer that is confirmed in writing by the firm.
Unless you are already a client of Akin Gump, no communication with Akin Gump or any Akin Gump lawyer that is made by use of this website, or information from it, is a confidential communication. Akin Gump is not required to respond to or to maintain any such communication.
4. No legal advice. This website may contain general information about legal issues. The website does not contain legal advice to any person.
5. Copyright. Akin Gump claims copyright in all materials present on this website.
6. No warranty. Materials on this website are provided “as is” and without warranty of any kind, including without limitation warranties of merchantability, fitness for any purpose, or noninfringement.
7. Links to other sites. If you use any link on this site to a site of any person other than Akin Gump you will leave the Akin Gump website. Akin Gump provides such links for convenience only, and Akin Gump is not responsible for the content of, and does not approve or recommend, any linked site.
8. Use of “cookies.” This website uses “cookies” to facilitate the site user’s use of the site. These are “session cookies” and are erased when you close your browser (unless the user clicks the “remember me” box so that the website will remember the user on a later occasion). Akin Gump uses Google Analytics, which also sets cookies to gather information about how our site is used. We do not receive information about individual site users from Google Analytics. Google advises that Google Analytics cookies “do not collect personal data about website visitors.” https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies.
9. Disclaimer. The views expressed in the materials on this website are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of Akin Gump or its clients.
10. London Office
Insurance. Akin Gump LLP’s professional indemnity insurer is Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Ltd, 3rd Floor, Two Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London, EC3R 7YE. The territorial coverage will extend to all acts or omissions arising from the provision of legal services by Akin Gump LLP wherever in the world they occur.
Complaints. We want to give you the best possible service. However, if at any point you become unhappy or concerned about the service, we have provided then you should inform us immediately, so that we can do our best to resolve the problem.
In the first instance it may be helpful to contact the person who is working on your case to discuss your concerns and we will do our best to resolve any issues. If you would like to make a formal complaint, please contact us to request a copy of our full complaints procedure. Making a complaint will not affect how we handle your case.
What to do if we cannot resolve your complaint: The Legal Ombudsman can help you if we are unable to resolve your complaint ourselves. They will look at your complaint independently and it will not affect how we handle your case.
Before accepting a complaint for investigation, the Legal Ombudsman will check that you have tried to resolve your complaint with us first. If you have, then you must take your complaint to the Legal Ombudsman:
Within six months of receiving our final response to your complaint; and
No more than one year from the date of the act or omission being complained about; or
No more than one year from the date when you should reasonably have known that there was cause for complaint.
For more information about the Legal Ombudsman contact:
www.legalombudsman.org.uk
Call: 0300 555 0333 between 9.00 to 17.00.
Email: enquiries@legalombudsman.org.uk
Legal Ombudsman PO Box 6806, Wolverhampton, WV1 9WJ
What to do if you are unhappy with our behaviour: The Solicitors Regulation Authority can help if you are concerned about our behaviour. This could be for things like dishonesty, taking or losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, a disability or other characteristic. Visit their website to see how you can raise your concerns with the Solicitors Regulation Authority: https://www.sra.org.uk/
If your complaint concerns your bill, you may also be able to apply to court for an assessment of the bill under Part III of the Solicitors Act 1974. However, the Legal Ombudsman may not consider a complaint about a bill if you have applied to court for an assessment of your bill. If all or part of a bill remains unpaid, we may be entitled to charge interest.
Financial Services. Akin Gump LLP is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority. However, we are included on the register 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. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The register can be accessed via the Financial Conduct Authority website at www.fca.org.uk/firms/financial-services-register.
Litigation/Arbitration matters. Click here for important information and provisions which apply to our engagement where Akin Gump LLP represents you in litigation in the English courts or in an international arbitration.
Akin Gump LLP Modern Slavery Statement. Click here to read the latest statement.
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11. Hong Kong Office Legal Notice.
Our Hong Kong practice is operated by Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, a partnership formed under the laws of the Hong Kong S.A.R. A list of the names of the partners of that partnership is available for inspection at Units 1801-08 & 10, 18th Floor Gloucester Tower, The Landmark. 15 Queen’s Road Central. Central, Hong Kong.