1. Benvalor Attorneys at Law, Tax Lawyers is a Dutch B.V., a company with limited liability (“Benvalor B.V.”) and conducts the integrated legal practice of attorneys and tax lawyers (“professionals”) as an integrated entity. The shareholders of Benvalor B.V. are private companies with limited liability or individual persons. A list of shareholders will be made available upon request.
2. All assignments directed to Benvalor B.V. shall only be accepted and performed subject to the applicability of these general conditions. Acceptance by or on behalf of Benvalor B.V. of a client’s assignment which refers to its own general conditions, shall be deemed to occur with the explicit rejection of the client’s general conditions.
3. Irrespective of which professionals accept or perform (whether or not in co-operation with others) an assignment, Benvalor B.V. shall be the sole contracting party.
4. The contractual or non-contractual liability of Benvalor B.V. for damages resulting from or in connection with possible shortcomings in the performance of an assignment shall be limited to the amount covered under the professional liability insurance taken out by Benvalor B.V. and increased by the amount of any deductible in connection with such insurance.
5. When third parties not employed within the organisation of Benvalor B.V. (“sub-contractors”) are engaged in order to perform an assignment, Benvalor B.V. shall exercise due care in selecting these third parties and shall consult with the client in the selection as far as appropriate. Benvalor B.V. shall not be liable for mistakes or shortcomings of these third parties. Benvalor B.V. hereby stipulates that any assignment shall entail the power to accept on behalf of the client any limitations of liability of third parties.
6. Not only Benvalor B.V. but also all persons who have been engaged in the performance of the client assignment shall have the right to invoke these general conditions.
7. All stipulations in these general conditions have also been made on behalf of the shareholders of Benvalor B.V., the directors of the shareholders of Benvalor B.V. that are corporations with limited liability and the (former) employees of Benvalor B.V.
8. These general conditions have been drawn up in Dutch and translated into other languages. In the event of a dispute about the contents or tenor of these general conditions, the Dutch text shall prevail.
9. Netherlands law shall govern the legal relationship between Benvalor B.V. and the client. Any dispute shall be submitted exclusively to the courts of Utrecht.

A copy of these general conditions in Dutch and English may be obtained freely at first request, or can be downloaded thru the next link.

General conditions