Legal Notice

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GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS, S.L.P. (hereinafter, “GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS”) is a limited liability professional company, with VAT number B87612685 and registered office at Calle Felipe IV, 10 – 2º Dcha. 28014 Madrid, Spain. It is registered in the Commercial Registry of Madrid, Volume 34974, Book 0, Folio 111, Section 8, Sheet M 6290215, Entry 1.

To communicate directly and effectively with GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS if you have any questions about the content of this legal notice (hereinafter, the “Legal Notice”) on our website www.goni-abogados.com/en/ (hereinafter, the “Website”), you can reach us via email at the following address: goni@goni-abogados.com, with the subject “Website Inquiry.”

The professional and ethical standards applicable to the legal services provided by GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS are regulated in the General Statute of the Spanish Bar Association and in the Statutes of the Madrid Bar Association.

We encourage you to review the content of this Legal Notice periodically.

Purpose, Scope, and Duration

This Legal Notice contains the general conditions that regulate access, navigation, and use of the web pages that make up the website of GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS (hereinafter, the “Website”) located at the URL www.goni-abogados.com/en/. Any person who accesses, browses, or uses the Website will be considered as a user (hereinafter, the “User”).

Without prejudice to the foregoing, access to certain content or services that may be provided in the future may be subject to compliance with specific conditions that, in each case, will replace, complete, and/or modify these general conditions, and, in the event of contradiction, will prevail over them.

GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS reserves the right to modify, at any time and without prior notice, the presentation, configuration, and content of the Website or the conditions required for its access and/or use, as well as to interrupt, suspend, or terminate access to the content of the Website, without the User being entitled to claim any compensation.

The temporal validity of this Legal Notice, therefore, coincides with the time of its exposure, until it is totally or partially modified, at which time the new legal notice made available to Users will become effective.

Access

Access to the Website is prohibited for minors, unless they have the prior and express authorization of their parents, guardians, or legal representatives, who will be considered responsible for the acts carried out by the minors under their care, in accordance with current regulations. In any case, it will be presumed that the access made by a minor to the Website has been carried out with the prior and express authorization of their parents, guardians, or legal representatives.

The use of the Website is free of charge, without prejudice to the cost of connection through the corresponding telecommunications network that the User uses to access.

GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS is not responsible for any damages or losses of any kind that may be caused to the User due to failures or disconnections in telecommunications networks that result in the suspension, cancellation, or interruption of access to the Website.

Use

The User is aware and expressly accepts that the use of the Website is at all times under their sole and exclusive responsibility, committing to use it in accordance with the law and this Legal Notice, assuming any risk or damage that may arise from it.

GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS strives at all times to ensure that the content is of the highest possible quality and reasonably up-to-date, but does not guarantee in any way the accuracy, completeness, relevance, and/or currency of the content.

The Website is not a source of advice or a means to establish a professional relationship or any other type of relationship between “client and lawyer.” The User acknowledges that, to the extent that the application of the law to specific cases is not automatic, but may vary depending on various circumstances, the legal information that may be contained on the Website is insufficient for making decisions of any nature and cannot be considered as an alternative to legal advice. Therefore, GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS advises the User against making legal decisions based on the information that may be provided as content without obtaining appropriate professional advice.

In using the Website, the User agrees not to carry out any conduct that could damage the image, interests, and rights of GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS or third parties, or that could damage, disable, or overload the Website, or prevent, in any way, its normal use.

GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS declares that it has taken the necessary measures, within its possibilities and the state of technology, to ensure the functioning of the Website and to detect the existence of viruses and other harmful components for Users. However, the User must be aware that the security measures of computer systems on the Internet are not entirely reliable, and therefore, GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS cannot guarantee the absence of viruses or other elements that may cause alterations in the User’s computer systems (software and hardware) or in their electronic documents and files contained therein. The User assumes any risk or damage that may arise from this, and therefore guarantees the indemnity of GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS in this regard. It is the User’s responsibility, in any case, to have adequate tools for the detection and deactivation of harmful computer programs.

Linked Sites

5.1. Links from other websites to the Website.

If any User, entity, or website wishes to establish any type of link to the Website, they can only direct it to the Home Page or Main Page of the Website, unless expressly and in writing authorized by GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS. Additionally, the link must be absolute and complete, leading the User to the URL address of the Website and covering the entire extension of the screen of the Home Page or Main Page of the Website.

It is strictly prohibited to establish frames or frames of any kind that surround the Website or allow the visualization of its content through Internet addresses other than its own or in the event that they are displayed together with content unrelated to the Website: (i) it may cause errors, confusion, or deception in Users regarding the true origin of the content, (ii) it may constitute an act of unfair comparison or imitation, (iii) it may exploit the reputation and prestige of GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS or (iv) in any other way be prohibited by current legislation.

The establishment of the link does not imply the existence of any legal relationship between GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS and the owner of the third-party website, nor the acceptance, approval, sponsorship, verification, or supervision by GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS of its contents or services.

GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS does not authorize the establishment of links to the Website from those third-party websites that contain illicit, illegal, inappropriate materials, or that contravene morality, public order, or generally accepted social norms. However, GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS does not have the human and technical means to know and control all the information, content, products, or services provided by third-party websites that may have established links to the Website, and therefore, GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS assumes no responsibility for any aspect related to those third-party websites.

GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS reserves the right to prohibit or disable any link to the Website at any time and immediately, especially in cases of illegal activities or content on the third-party website where the link is included. If Users become aware of the existence of any illicit, illegal, or harmful activities carried out through these linked third-party websites, we kindly request that they immediately notify GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS so that appropriate action can be taken to disable the access link.

5.2. Links to other websites.

Sometimes, the Website may provide Users with certain links that allow access to websites or Internet portals belonging to or managed by third parties (hereinafter, the “Linked Sites”).

The establishment of any type of link from the Website to another third-party website does not necessarily imply the existence of a relationship, collaboration, or dependence between GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS and the responsible party of the Linked Site. Therefore, GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS assumes no responsibility for any aspect related to the Linked Site, including, but not limited to, its operation, access, data, information, files, quality, and reliability of its products and services, its own links, and/or any of its content. Therefore, the User assumes exclusive responsibility for navigating through the Linked Sites.

If Users become aware of the existence of any illegal, unlawful, or infringing activities through these Linked Sites, we kindly request that they immediately notify GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS so that appropriate action can be taken to disable the access link.

Intellectual and Industrial Property Rights

Under no circumstances will the access and navigation of the User on the Website imply a waiver, transfer, license, or total or partial assignment of any intellectual or industrial property rights over the Website or any of its elements (including, but not limited to, texts, photographs, graphics, images, icons, technology, software, links, and other audiovisual content, as well as its graphic design and source code). No rights of exploitation recognized by current regulations will be understood to be transferred to the User, and any reproduction, transformation, distribution, public communication, provision, extraction, reuse, forwarding, or use of any nature, by any means or procedure, of any of these elements is expressly prohibited, unless legally permitted or authorized by the holder of the corresponding rights.

References to names and trademarks or registered trademarks, logos, or other distinctive signs, whether owned by GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS or third-party companies, which may be included on the Website, implicitly prohibit their use without the consent of GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS or their legitimate owners. At no time, unless expressly stated, does access or use of the Website grant the User any right over the trademarks, logos, and/or distinctive signs included therein and protected by law.

The User may view and obtain a temporary private copy of the content for their exclusive personal and private use on their computer systems (software and hardware), provided that it is not for commercial or professional purposes. The User must refrain from obtaining or attempting to obtain the content by means or procedures other than those made available to them or commonly used on the Internet. The User must respect at all times all intellectual and industrial property rights over the Website owned by GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS or third parties.

The content and information made available to the User by GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS on the Website may come from both its own sources and third parties. If the User becomes aware of the existence of any illicit, illegal, contrary to the law, or potentially infringing content on intellectual and/or industrial property rights, they must notify GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS immediately so that appropriate action can be taken.

In the event that the User sends information of any kind to GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS through the Website, through the channels provided for this purpose on the Website, the User declares, guarantees, and accepts that they have the right to do so freely, that such information does not infringe any intellectual property rights, trademark, trade secret, or any other rights of third parties, that such information is not confidential and that such information is not harmful to third parties. Therefore, the User acknowledges that they assume responsibility and indemnify GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS for any information provided personally or on their behalf, reaching such responsibility without any restrictions on the accuracy, legality, originality, and ownership of such information.

Cookies

The Website does not use “cookies” or other data storage and retrieval devices on User’s terminal equipment, as defined in Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce.

Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

This Website is governed by Spanish laws.

For the resolution of any controversy or dispute that may arise regarding the validity, interpretation, application, execution, breach, or nullity of the rules contained in this Legal Notice, both GOÑI & CO ABOGADOS and the Users of the Website agree to expressly submit to the jurisdiction of the competent Judges and Courts of Madrid Capital, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction that may correspond to them.