Overview
Mayer Brown is a global legal services provider comprising associated legal practices that are separate entities, including Mayer Brown LLP (Illinois, USA), Mayer Brown International LLP (England & Wales), Mayer Brown Hong Kong LLP (a Hong Kong limited liability partnership) and Tauil & Chequer Advogados (a Brazilian law partnership) (collectively, the “Mayer Brown Practices”). The Mayer Brown Practices are established in various jurisdictions and may be a legal person or a partnership. PK Wong & Nair LLC is the constituent Singapore law practice of our licensed joint law venture in Singapore, Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd. The individual Mayer Brown Practices are:
Mayer Brown Practices
- Mayer Brown LLP and Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP, both limited liability partnerships established in Illinois USA
- Tauil & Chequer Advogados, a Brazilian law partnership with which Mayer Brown is associated
- Mayer Brown International LLP, a limited liability partnership incorporated in England and Wales (authorized and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with SRA number 369822 and registered in England and Wales number OC 303359)
- Mayer Brown, a SELAS established in France
- Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd. a limited liability company incorporated in Singapore (UEN 202235532E), a licensed joint law venture between Mayer Brown (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (UEN 201114070Z) and PK Wong & Nair LLC (UEN 200401587Z)
- Mayer Brown Hong Kong LLP, a limited liability partnership established in Hong Kong
- Mayer Brown Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi Jimusho
PK Wong & Nair LLC
PK Wong & Nair LLC (UEN 200401587Z) is the constituent Singapore law practice of our licensed joint law venture in Singapore, Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd. For further details on PK Wong & Nair LLC, please refer to its website.
Belgium - Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP
Mayer Brown Europe–Brussels LLP is a limited liability partnership established in the State of Illinois (United States of America), 71 S Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois USA 60606. The Brussels office is located at
Avenue Louise 149 (18th Floor)
B – 1050 BrusselsT: +32 2 502 5517
F: +32 502 5421
VAT
Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP is registered for VAT purposes in Belgium (VAT Number BE 0839.577.560).
Admission
The Belgian lawyers practicing at Mayer Brown Europe-Brussels LLP are admitted within Belgium to practice as lawyers and are members of the Brussels Bar, List "A", under the professional title "advocaat" or "avocat".
Mayer Brussels Europe-Brussels LLP also includes a number of lawyers from other jurisdictions who are members of the Brussels Bar, List "B" (non EEA lawyers) or "E" (EEA lawyers), and are members of foreign bars.
Further information can be found under People.
Professional Rules
The professional rules and principles of professional conduct for practising lawyers who are members of or are registered with the Brussels Bar are available at the websites www.barreaudebruxelles.be (Brussels Bar French-language Order) and www.baliebrussel.be (Brussels Bar Dutch-language Order).
Anti-money laundering
We may from time to time use online information sources, including electronic verification, to meet our client due diligence obligations pursuant to the money laundering regime.
Reportable cross-border arrangements
EU Council Directive 2018/822 of 25 May 2018 1, also known as DAC 6, obliges EU Member States to introduce laws that require an intermediary with a link to an EU Member State (an “EU intermediary”), and in certain cases taxpayers, involved in a cross-border arrangement to disclose specified information about the arrangement (the “specified information”) to the relevant tax authorities, if the arrangements meet certain requirements, or “hallmarks” (“reportable arrangements”). The regime also applies retrospectively to reportable arrangements implemented on or after 25 June 2018.
The definition of an EU intermediary is wide, but will include banks, accounting firms, corporate service providers and legal services organisations such as Mayer Brown. We will not be required to report the specified information to the extent that doing so would breach applicable legal professional privilege laws, but in such circumstances we must inform other EU intermediaries that are involved in the matter (or the taxpayer if there is no other EU intermediary) of their reporting obligations in respect of the privileged information. Therefore, if we determine that a matter in which we are, or have been, instructed concerns reportable arrangements, we will be required to disclose non-privileged specified information to the relevant tax authorities and to inform other EU intermediaries involved in the matter, or the taxpayer (if there are no intermediaries), of their reporting obligations, notwithstanding any professional duty of confidentiality to our client(s). In the event of multiple intermediaries we are not required to report if there is proof, in accordance with national law, that the same information has been filed in another Member State by another intermediary.
1 Amending Directive 2011/16/EU regarding administrative co-operation in the field of taxation
Data privacy
The Mayer Brown Privacy Notice explains our practices with respect to personal information, including the purposes for which we collect, use and/or disclose personal information, your rights in respect of that information and how you can make enquiries about or access that information.
You can contact our data privacy team by emailing privacy@mayerbrown.com
The data protection regulator is the Belgian Data Protection Authority, Rue de la Presse, 35, 1000 Bruxelles.
Contact
Paris
Mayer Brown
10 avenue Hoche
75008 Paris
T: +33 53 53 43 43
F: +33 53 53 03 83
VAT
Mayer Brown is registered for VAT purposes in France (VAT Number FR77410080261).
Admission
Except where otherwise indicated, the attorneys (avocats) of Mayer Brown in France are registered with the Paris Bar (Barreau de Paris).
Law Societies
The Barreau de Paris (www.avocatparis.org) is the representative and regulatory body for French avocats.
Professional Rules
"The Internal Rules of the Paris Bar" (Réglement Intèrieur du Barreau de Paris) published by the Barreau de Paris sets out the rules and principles of professional conduct for practising attorneys.
Anti-money laundering
We may from time to time use online information sources, including electronic verification, to meet our client due diligence obligations pursuant to the money laundering regime.
Reportable cross-border arrangements
EU Council Directive 2018/822 of 25 May 20181, also known as DAC 6, obliges EU Member States to introduce laws that require an intermediary with a link to an EU Member State (an “EU intermediary”), and in certain cases taxpayers, involved in a cross-border arrangement to disclose specified information about the arrangement (the “specified information”) to the relevant tax authorities, if the arrangements meet certain requirements, or “hallmarks” (“reportable arrangements”). The regime also applies retrospectively to reportable arrangements implemented on or after 25 June 2018.
The definition of an EU intermediary is wide, but will include banks, accounting firms, corporate service providers and legal services organisations such as Mayer Brown. We will not be required to report the specified information to the extent that doing so would breach applicable legal professional privilege laws, but in such circumstances we must inform other EU intermediaries that are involved in the matter (or the taxpayer if there is no other EU intermediary) of their reporting obligations in respect of the privileged information. Therefore, if we determine that a matter in which we are, or have been, instructed concerns reportable arrangements, we will be required to disclose non-privileged specified information to the relevant tax authorities and to inform other EU intermediaries involved in the matter, or the taxpayer (if there are no intermediaries), of their reporting obligations, notwithstanding any professional duty of confidentiality to our client(s). In the event of multiple intermediaries we are not required to report if there is proof, in accordance with national law, that the same information has been filed in another Member State by another intermediary.
1 Amending Directive 2011/16/EU regarding administrative co-operation in the field of taxation
Data privacy
The Mayer Brown Privacy Notice explains our practices with respect to personal information, including the purposes for which we collect, use and/or disclose personal information, your rights in respect of that information and how you can make enquiries about or access that information.
You can contact our data privacy team by emailing privacy@mayerbrown.com.
The data protection regulator is the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL), 3 Place de Fontenoy TSA 80715, 75334 PARIS, CEDEX 07, France.
Informationen gemäß § 5 Digitale Dienste Gesetz (DDG) und der Dienstleistungs-Informationspflichten-Verordnung (DL-InfoV).
MayerBrown LLP ist eine Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Limited Liability Partnership), die in den USA seit dem 1. Juli 2003 beim Supreme Court of Illinois, USA registriert ist. Ein „Limited Partnership Statement of Qualification“ wurde beim Secretary of State von Illinois als Teil der Assigned File# 000-793 eingereicht. Mayer Brown LLP hat seinen Sitz in 71 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika.
Vertretungsberechtigter Partner für Deutschland (geschäftsführender Partner): Dr. Guido Zeppenfeld, LL.M.
Kontakt
Frankfurt
Mayer Brown LLP
Neue Mainzer Straße 32-36
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
T: +49 69 79 41 0
F: +49 69 79 41 100
E-Mail: frankfurt@mayerbrown.com
Düsseldorf
Mayer Brown LLP
Königsallee 61
40215 Düsseldorf
Germany
T: +49 211 86224 0
F: +49 211 86224 100
E-Mail: duesseldorf@mayerbrown.com
Rechtsanwälte
Soweit nicht anderweitig angegeben, sind Anwälte der deutschen Niederlassungen von MayerBrown in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland zugelassen und berechtigt den Titel „Rechtsanwalt“ zu tragen. Sie sind Mitglieder der Rechtsanwaltskammer ihres jeweiligen Standorts. Darüber hinaus hat Mayer Brown LLP bei der Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main die Eintragung ihrer deutschen Zweigniederlassung gemäß §§ 207a und 209a BRAO beantragt.
Zuständige Rechtsanwaltskammern:
Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Anlage 36,
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Rechtsanwaltskammer Düsseldorf
Freiligrathstraße 25,
40479 Düsseldorf
Die maßgeblichen berufsrechtlichen Regelungen für Rechtsanwälte sind:
BRAO - Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung
BORA - Berufsordnung für Rechtsanwälte
FAO - Fachanwaltsordnung
RVG - Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz
EuRAG - Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland
CCBE-Berufsregeln - Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Union
Die Gesetze und Verordnungstexte können über die Website der Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer unter www.brak.de oder über www.gesetze-im-internet.de abgerufen werden.
Steuerberater
Soweit Rechtsanwälte auch Steuerberater sind oder soweit Mitarbeiter nur Steuerberater, aber nicht auch gleichzeitig Rechtsanwälte sind, sind sie in der der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Steuerberater zugelassen und berechtigt die Bezeichnung „Steuerberater“ zu tragen. Sie sind Mitglieder der „Steuerberaterkammer“ (Kammer der Steuerberater) von Hessen.
Zuständige Steuerberaterkammern:
Steuerberaterkammer Hessen
Die maßgeblichen berufsrechtlichen Regelungen für „Steuerberater“ sind über die Homepage der Bundessteuerberaterkammer (www.bstbk.de) abrufbar. Hierzu zählen:
StBerG - Steuerberatungsgesetz
DVStB - Durchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz
BOStB - Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberaterkammer
StBGebV -Steuerberatergebührenverordnung
Die Gesetze und Verordnungstexte können über die Website der Bundessteuerberaterkammer unter www.bstbk.de oder über www.gesetze-im-internet.de abgerufen werden.
Notare
Diejenigen Rechtsanwälte, die zugleich Notare sind, sind in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als solche zugelassen und berechtigt den Titel „Notar“ zu tragen. Sie sind Mitglieder der „Notarkammer“ Frankfurt am Main.
Zuständige Notarkammer:
Notarkammer Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Anlage 36,
60322 Frankfurt am Main
Zuständige Aufsichtsbehörden:
1)
Der Präsident des Landgerichts Frankfurt am Main,
Gerichtsstraße 2,
60313 Frankfurt am Main
verwaltung@lg.justiz.hessen.de
Tel.: +49 (0)69 1367-01
Fax: +49 (0)69 1367-6050
2)
Der Präsident des Oberlandesgerichts Frankfurt am Main,
Zeil 42,
60313 Frankfurt am Main
verwaltung@olg.justiz.hessen.de
Tel.:+49 (0)69 1367-0
Fax: +49 (0)69 1367-2340
3)
Die Landesjustizverwaltung des Landes Hessen,
Hessisches Ministerium der Justiz und für den Rechststaat
Luisenstraße 13,
65185 Wiesbaden
redaktion-internet@hmdj.hessen.de
Tel.: +49 (0)611 322-780
Fax: +49 (0)611 322-691
Die maßgeblichen berufsrechtlichen Regelungen für „Notare“ sind:
BnotO - Bundesnotarordnung
BeurkG - Beurkundungsgesetz
Richtlinien der Notarkammer Frankfurt am Main
DONot - Dienstordnung für Notarinnen und Notare
GNotKG – Gesetz über Kosten der freiwilligen Gerichtsbarkeit für Gerichte und Notare
NotAktVV - Verordnung über die Führung notarieller Akten und Verzeichnisse
Die Gesetze und Verordnungstexte können über die Website der Bundesnotarkammer unter www.bnotk.de oder über www.gesetze-im-internet.de abgerufen werden.
Außergerichtliche Streitbeilegung:
Auf Antrag können Streitigkeiten zwischen Rechtsanwälten und ihren Mandanten außergerichtlich durch die jeweilige regionale Rechtsanwaltskammer (gemäß § 73 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 in Verbindung mit § 73 Abs. 5 BRAO) oder durch die Schlichtungsstelle der Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (191 f. BRAO) beigelegt werden, die auf der Website der Schlichtungsstelle der Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer (www.s-d-r.org), e-mail: schlichtungsstelle@s-d-r.org, zu finden ist.
Online-Streitbeilegungsplattform und Verbraucher-Schlichtungsverfahren (Art. 14 Abs. 1 der ODR-Verordnung und § 36 des Verbraucherrechtsgesetzes):
The European Commission provides a platform for out-of-court dispute resolution, which can be found at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.
Die Europäische Kommission stellt eine Plattform zur außergerichtlichen Streitbeilegung zur Verfügung, die unter ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/ zu finden ist.
In Deutschland ist die zuständige Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle für Streitigkeiten aus einem Mandatsverhältnis die Schlichtungsstelle der Rechtsanwaltschaft, Neue Grünstraße 17, 0179 Berlin, https://www.schlichtungsstelle-der-rechtsanwaltschaft.de/.
Mayer Brown LLP nimmt nicht an Verfahren zur Streitbeilegung vor einer Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle teil.
Berufshaftpflichtversicherung
Um den beruflichen Anforderungen in Deutschland gerecht zu werden, hat Mayer Brown LLP für sich und seine Rechtsanwälte, Steuerberater und Notare eine Berufshaftpflichtversicherung bei der Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Königinstraße 28, 80802 München, abgeschlossen. Diese Versicherung deckt die Tätigkeiten in Deutschland ab.
Die Kanzlei hat darüber hinaus eine weltweit gültige Berufshaftpflichtversicherung bei ALAS, Inc. (Attorneys' Liability Assurance Society, Inc.), 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 5700, Chicago, Illinois, 60606 – 6629, USA, abgeschlossen.
Umsatzsteuer-Identifikationsnummer
DE 811 526 943
Geldwäsche
Wir können von Zeit zu Zeit Online-Informationsquellen, einschließlich elektronischer Überprüfungen, nutzen, um unseren Sorgfaltspflichten gegenüber unseren Kunden gemäß den Vorschriften zur Bekämpfung der Geldwäsche nachzukommen.
Meldepflichtige grenzüberschreitende Gestaltungen
Die Richtlinie 2018/822 des Rates der Europäischen Union vom 25. Mai 20181, auch bekannt als DAC 6, verpflichtet die EU-Mitgliedstaaten, Gesetze einzuführen, die einen mit einem EU-Mitgliedstaat verbundenen Intermediäre (ein „EU- Intermediär“) und in bestimmten Fällen auch Steuerpflichtige, die an einer grenzüberschreitenden Regelung beteiligt sind, bestimmte Informationen über die Regelung (die „spezifizierten Informationen“) an die zuständigen Steuerbehörden offenzulegen, wenn die Regelungen bestimmte Anforderungen oder „Kennzeichen“ („meldepflichtige Regelungen“) erfüllen. Die Regelung gilt rückwirkend auch für meldepflichtige Regelungen, die am oder nach dem 25. Juni 2018 umgesetzt wurden.
Die Definition eines EU- Intermediär ist weit gefasst, umfasst jedoch Banken, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaften, Unternehmensdienstleister und Rechtsdienstleister wie Mayer Brown. Wir sind nicht verpflichtet, die bestimmten Informationen zu melden, soweit dies gegen geltende Gesetze zum Berufsgeheimnis verstoßen würde. In solchen Fällen müssen wir jedoch andere EU- Intermediäre, die an der Angelegenheit beteiligt sind (oder den Steuerpflichtigen, wenn kein anderer EU- Intermediär beteiligt ist), über ihre Meldepflichten in Bezug auf die vertraulichen Informationen informieren. Wenn wir daher feststellen, dass eine Angelegenheit, mit der wir beauftragt sind oder waren, meldepflichtige Vereinbarungen betrifft, sind wir verpflichtet, nicht vertrauliche bestimmte Informationen an die zuständigen Steuerbehörden weiterzugeben und andere an der Angelegenheit beteiligte EU-Intermediäre oder den Steuerpflichtigen (sofern keine Intermediäre vorhanden sind) über ihre Meldepflichten zu informieren, ungeachtet etwaiger beruflicher Geheimhaltungspflichten gegenüber unseren Mandanten. Bei mehreren Intermediären sind wir nicht zur Meldung verpflichtet, wenn nach nationalem Recht nachgewiesen werden kann, dass dieselben Informationen in einem anderen Mitgliedstaat von einem anderen Intermediär gemeldet wurden.
1 Änderungsrichtlinie 2011/16/EU über die Zusammenarbeit der Verwaltungsbehörden im Bereich der Besteuerung
Datenschutz
Die Datenschutzerklärung von Mayer Brown erläutert unsere Praktiken im Umgang mit personenbezogenen Daten, einschließlich der Zwecke, für die wir personenbezogene Daten erheben, verwenden und/oder weitergeben, Ihrer Rechte in Bezug auf diese Daten und wie Sie Auskünfte über diese Daten einholen oder darauf zugreifen können.
Sie können unser Datenschutzteam per E-Mail unter privacy@mayerbrown.com kontaktieren.
Die Datenschutzbehörden sind
Der Hessische Datenschutzbeauftragte,
Postfach 316,
65021 Wiesbaden
(for Frankfurt)
und
Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit,
Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Postfach 20 04 44,
40102 Düsseldorf
(for Düsseldorf).
Informationen zum Datenschutz Notare
Die Informationen zum Datenschutz - Notare erläutern unsere Praktiken, die von unseren Notaren in Bezug auf personenbezogene Daten angewendet werden, einschließlich der Zwecke, für die personenbezogene Daten erhoben, verarbeitet und/oder an Dritte weitergegeben werden, Ihrer Rechte in Bezug auf diese Informationen sowie Datenschutzanfragen zu diesen Informationen oder den Zugang zu diesen Informationen.
Contact
Mayer Brown Hong Kong LLP
19th Floor, Prince's Building
10 Chater Road
Central, Hong Kong
T: +852 2977 1788
F: +852 2977 1799
E: HK.Office@mayerbrown.com
Law Society
The Law Society of Hong Kong is the regulatory body for solicitors in Hong Kong.
Professional Rules
The "Hong Kong Solicitors' Guide to Professional Conduct" published by The Law Society of Hong Kong sets out the rules and principles of professional conduct for specializing solicitors and can be accessed by the following link: http://www.hklawsoc.org.hk/pub_e/professionalguide/volume1/default.asp.
Lawyers based in the Hong Kong office who are not admitted as solicitors in Hong Kong are subject to regulation by The Law Society of Hong Kong and/or by the relevant regulatory body in their place of admission.
Circumstances and risks in relation to client funds
We only accept client funds where they arise from or are in relation to an underlying transaction on which we have been engaged by the client. If, after a reasonable period of due diligence (generally 5 working days), we cannot identify funds we have received as arising from a transaction on which we are engaged we will either retain the funds pending further investigation or may at our discretion return them to the originator bank. You and any third party uses our client account at your own risk. We accept no liability for loss or damage you suffer if a bank collapses or for reasons outside our control our bank is otherwise unable to transact business or transfer funds in a timely manner or at all.
Anti-money laundering
We may from time to time use online information sources, including electronic verification, to meet our client due diligence obligations pursuant to Practice Direction P of The Law Society of Hong Kong.
Contact
Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building, 12th Floor
1-6-5 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, Japan 100-0005
T: +81 3 4563 1400
F: +81 3 4243 3954
E: tokyo.office@mayerbrown.com
Professional Rules
The office comprises Gaikokuho Jimu Bengoshi (registered foreign lawyers) who are regulated by the Japan Federation of Bar Associations and the relevant bar association in Tokyo, and by the relevant regulatory body in their respective jurisdictions of admission. Professional Admission information for our lawyers can be found on the Lawyers section of this site.
Anti-money laundering
We may from time to time use online information sources, including electronic verification, to meet our client due diligence obligations pursuant to the money laundering regime.
Data Privacy
The Mayer Brown Privacy Notice explains our practices with respect to personal information, including the purposes for which we collect, use and/or disclose personal information, your rights in respect of that information and how you can make enquiries about or access that information.
You can contact our data privacy team by emailing privacy@mayerbrown.com.
The data protection regulator is the Personal Information Protection Commission, Kasumigaseki Common Gate West Tower, 32nd Floor, 3-2-1, Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-0013.
Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd. is a licensed joint law venture between Mayer Brown (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a limited liability company registered in Singapore (UEN 2011140707Z) and Singapore law firm, PK Wong & Nair LLC (UEN 200401587Z).
Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd. is a limited liability company registered in Singapore (UEN 202235532E) and with its registered office at 6 Battery Road #10-01, Singapore, 049909. Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd. is regulated by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority of Singapore.
Contact
Mayer Brown PK Wong & Nair Pte. Ltd.
6 Battery Road, #10-01
Singapore, 049909
T: +65 6922 2233
F: +65 6225 3166
E: singapore.office@mayerbrown.com
Mayer Brown International LLP is a limited liability partnership (registered in England and Wales with number OC303359) which is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority with SRA number 369822. Our registered office is 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AF. We use the term "partner" to refer to a member of Mayer Brown International LLP or an employee or consultant who is a lawyer with equivalent standing or qualification and to a partner of or lawyer with equivalent standing in another Mayer Brown Practice. A list of members' names and their professional qualifications may be inspected at our registered office or by following this link to the list of members. Details of our members are also found on the Lawyers section of this site. Our professional indemnity insurer is Liberty Mutual Insurance Europe Limited of 3rd Floor, Two Minster Court, Mincing Lane, London, EC3R 7YE, United Kingdom. The territorial coverage is worldwide for Mayer Brown International LLP.
VAT
Mayer Brown International LLP is registered for VAT purposes in the United Kingdom (VAT Number GB 802 4368 52).
Contact
London
Mayer Brown International LLP
201 Bishopsgate
London EC2M 3AF
United Kingdom
T: +44 20 3130 3000
F: +44 20 3130 3001
E: london@mayerbrown.com
Except where otherwise indicated, members of Mayer Brown International LLP in the United Kingdom hold a Practising Certificate issued by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Some members of Mayer Brown International LLP practising in the United Kingdom are members of foreign bars and are registered with the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Law Societies
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (http://www.sra.org.uk/home/home.page) is the regulatory body, and the Law Society of England and Wales (https://www.lawsociety.org.uk/en) is the representative body, for solicitors in England and Wales.
Complaints
We are committed to providing a high quality service to our clients. If at any point you become unhappy with our service to you, please contact your matter partner or relationship partner so that we can do our best to resolve the problem. Making a complaint will not affect how we handle your matter.
If for any reason the complaint is still unresolved at the end of our complaintsprocedure, you may be eligible to ask the Legal Ombudsman (“LeO”) to look at your complaint on an independent basis. LeO investigates complaints about service issues with law firms. LeO expects complaints to be made to it within one year of the date of the act or omission about which you are concerned, or within one year of you realising there was a concern. You must refer your concerns to LeO within six months of our final response to you. More information is available at www.legalombudsman.org.uk.
In addition, the Solicitors Regulation Authority provides complaints and redress mechanisms, particularly in relation to complaints concerning the behaviour of solicitors. This could be for conduct like dishonesty, losing your money or treating you unfairly because of your age, disability or other characteristic. See www.sra.org.uk for more details.
Handling client money
Policy for handling of clients' funds and accounting for interest.
Professional Rules
The SRA Code of Conduct for Solicitors, RELs and RFLs and the SRA Code of Conduct for Firms set out the rules and principles of professional conduct for practising solicitors in England and Wales and firms operating in England and Wales respectively.
Barristers based in the United Kingdom are subject to regulation by the Bar Council of England and Wales or by the relevant regulatory body in their place of admission.
Investment and insurance
We are 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. The register can be accessed via the Financial Conduct Authority website at http://www.fca.org.uk/register. This part of our business is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. Arrangements for complaints or redress if anything goes wrong are subject to the jurisdiction of the Legal Ombudsman.
We are not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 but we are able in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. We can provide these investment services if they are a necessary part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide. No communication to you or on your behalf to another person will be an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity.
Anti-money laundering
We may from time to time use online information sources, including electronic verification, to meet our client due diligence obligations pursuant to the Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Regulations 2019.
Reportable tax arrangements
Under the UK Mandatory Disclosure Regime (MDR), an intermediary must report to the relevant tax authorities any common reporting standard avoidance arrangement or opaque offshore structure (these are equivalent to the category D1 and D2 hallmarks under the EU DAC6 regime).
The definition of an intermediary is wide and will include legal services organisations such as Mayer Brown. We will not be required to report the specified information to the extent that doing so would breach applicable legal professional privilege laws, but in such circumstances we must inform the taxpayer of their reporting obligations in respect of the privileged information. Therefore, if we determine that a matter in which we are, or have been, instructed concerns reportable arrangements, we will be required to disclose non-privileged specified information to the relevant tax authorities and to inform the taxpayer of their reporting obligations, notwithstanding any professional duty of confidentiality to our client(s).
1 Amending Directive 2011/16/EU regarding administrative co-operation in the field of taxation
Data privacy
The Mayer Brown Privacy Notice explains our practices with respect to personal information, including the purposes for which we collect, use and/or disclose personal information, your rights in respect of that information and how you can make enquiries about or access that information.
You can contact our data privacy team by emailing privacy@mayerbrown.com.
The data protection regulator is the Information Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
SRA Transparency Statement
Our SRA Transparency Statement provides prices for relevant services under Rule 1 of the SRA Transparency Rules and additional information about our complaints procedures.