Regulatory information, disclosures and important notices regarding this website and our services.
Any Dutch attorneys engaged by Hill Smith King & Wood are admitted to and regulated by the Dutch Bar Association (Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten) in the Netherlands.
Any Dutch tax advisors engaged by Hill Smith King & Wood are admitted to and regulated by the Dutch Order of Tax Advisors (Nederlandse Orde van Belastingadviseurs) in the Netherlands.
In the United States of America, Hill Smith King & Wood is represented by Hill Smith King & Wood New York. Hill Smith King & Wood New York is the d/b/a name of Hill Smith ITS LLC as registered with the Secretary of State of New York. All New York attorneys are admitted and regulated by the New York City Bar Association. All US tax advisors are admitted as enrolled agents.
Hill Smith King & Wood, as sole practitioner in the Netherlands, avails itself of external observers or replacements for the Dutch attorney in case he is temporarily unavailable. For this purpose Hill Smith King & Wood has concluded a "waarnemingsovereenkomst" with the Dutch attorney Mr S. Govers, having her practice in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in compliance with the regulations of the Amsterdam and Dutch Bar Association.
When addressed to our clients, any opinions or advice are subject to either (i) our general terms and conditions, containing a limitation of liability, or (ii) the terms and conditions of the engagement letter with the client. A copy of the general conditions can be requested at the District Court of Amsterdam under number 22/2024 and can be found here.
If you are not presently a client of Hill Smith, please do not send us any information about your legal affairs until you have made direct contact with one of our attorneys. Other communications may not be secure, will not be privileged and may be disclosed to others. Once we have determined that we have no conflict in advising you, we would be pleased to discuss your situation in more depth.
Any information sent to Hill Smith King & Wood via email or through mail forms on our website is not secure and is done so on a non-confidential basis.
We may process personal data in the performance of our engagement as legal counsel. Given our independent role as lawyer, we qualify as a data controller as defined in the General Data Protection Regulation. This means that we are independently (zelfstandig) responsible for our processing of personal data in the performance of our tasks.
Our use of personal data for relationship purposes and in the context of our website and online tools is governed by the Privacy Notice on our website.
On 25 June 2018, the Mandatory Disclosure Directive (2018/822/EU) came into effect (the "Directive"). The Directive concerns the mandatory exchange of information in respect of reportable fiscal cross-border structures. From 25 June 2018, we are obliged to keep records of structures as referred to in the Directive, and from 1 July 2020 there is an obligation to report certain cross-border arrangements to the relevant tax authorities.
In the context of the fight against money laundering and financing of terrorism, the Fifth EU Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD) as incorporated into the Dutch Act on the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism (Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financiering van terrorisme, Wwft) applies to the providing of certain services by lawyers and tax advisers. Litigation and contentious cases are generally excluded.
Hill Smith King & Wood must in principle ascertain the client's identity and under certain circumstances report unusual transactions to the relevant authorities without informing the client.
Any information in this communication is not intended or written by Hill Smith King & Wood to be used, and cannot be used, by a client or any other person or entity for the purpose of avoiding penalties that may be imposed on any taxpayer or promoting, marketing or recommending to another party any matters addressed herein.
If you are not satisfied with our services for any reason, we would like to hear from you. All our services provided by attorneys are subject to Hill Smith's Complaints Procedure. Hill Smith King & Wood does not participate in the complaints and dispute resolution procedure of the Dutch Bar Association. Our Complaints Procedure is available here.
Under New York's Code of Professional Responsibility, portions of this website may contain attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
This legal notice and all issues regarding this website are governed by Dutch law. If you experience any problems with this site, please email: info@hskwlaw.com.
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