General Terms and Conditions of Friedberg & Mahn Advocaten N.V.

Article 1

The limited liability company Friedberg & Mahn Advocaten N.V., hereinafter ‘the Firm’, is a limited liability company, which practices law

Article 2

All assignments are, setting aside Sections 7:404 and 7:407(2) of the Dutch Civil Code, accepted and performed exclusively by the Firm on behalf of the clients. Third parties cannot derive any rights from the work performed and the results thereof. The applicability of any
terms and conditions of the Client is expressly rejected.

Article 3

After an order has been issued by the client, the agreement shall only come into being effect when the Firm has accepted them in writing.

Article 4

Unless otherwise agreed, the Firm will invoice its work periodically and at the hourly rates applicable for the relevant year based on the time spent in that period. The hourly rate is based on the years of experience and degree of specialisation of the lawyer handling the case. In cases with interests above € 50,000 the hourly rate is additionally increased by a factor of 1.50. The hourly rate can be adjusted at the beginning of each calendar year in connection with cost increases or in the interim if the importance of the case warrants this.

Article 5.1

Costs paid on behalf of the client (disbursements), will be charged separately to the client passed on.

Article 5.2

A surcharge will be charged on the fees and disbursements to cover
of office expenses.

Article 5.3

The Firm is always entitled to send an interim invoice or to make an advance payment request for payment of its work, disbursements and/or expenses.

Article 5.4

Disbursements in respect of court fees are charged to the Office by the Subdistrict Court Chamber, the District Court, the Court of Appeal, the Supreme Court, the Central Appeals Tribunal, the Council of State and the Trade and Industry Appeals Tribunal. As of 1 November 2010, taxation of court fees will take place on penalty of inadmissibility in case of nonsatisfaction. The Office reserves the right to budget, based on the applicable Table of Court Fees, of the court fees to be paid upon acceptance of the assignment, whereby the Firm reserves the right, in the event of non-payment by the client of the court fees and other disbursements charged and estimated, not to assert itself or to withdraw in the pending or pending proceedings. In such a case, the Firm shall not be liable for any damages resulting from the non-payment or withdrawal following non-compliance with the estimated and charged court fees and other disbursements.

Article 6.1

The Firm’s liability for any professional misconduct is always limited in its entirety to the amount paid in a given case under the Firm’s (professional) liability insurance of the Firm, including the amount of the excess.

Article 6.2

If for whatever reason no payment is made under the insurance policy referred to in the first paragraph of this article, any liability is limited to 1 times the amount charged by the Firm in the relevant case in the relevant year, excluding disbursements and turnover tax, up to a maximum of € 50,000.

Article 7

These general terms and conditions shall also be deemed to apply to all follow-up orders from the client.

Article 8

The client indemnifies the Firm against all claims of third parties and is obliged to reimburse the Firm for the reasonable costs of defending such claims.

Article 9.1

Claims should be paid no later than 14 days after the invoice date. At the
exceeding the term of payment, the Firm will charge 1% interest per month on the outstanding amount.

Article 9.2

If the client has not submitted a written complaint to the Firm on this matter within 14 days of receiving invoices, the client will be deemed to have agreed to the invoice.

Article 9.3

If a person other than the client, the debtor, is to pay the invoice, the client remains responsible for its payment.

The Firm is entitled to set off it’s invoices against funds to be received for the Client. All this with due observance of Rule 28(2) of the Rules of Conduct for Lawyers (1992).

Article 10

If the client fails to pay invoices (on time), all judicial and extrajudicial (collection) costs reasonably incurred shall be borne by the client, with a minimum of € 750 excluding VAT.

Article 11

The Firm has an internal complaints procedure and participates in the Complaints and Disputes Procedure for the Legal Profession. The complaints scheme is available for inspection at the office and describes the internal complaints procedure. This procedure implies that you first make your complaints known to the lawyer in charge. If he or she fails to resolve your complaints, you can submit them to the Disputes Committee for the Legal Profession. All disputes arising from the conclusion and/or execution of this assignment, including all fee disputes, will be settled by this committee in accordance with its own regulations, which are also available for inspection at the office. If the dispute concerns an assignment from a private client, these regulations provide for binding advice, unless the client applies to the ordinary court within one month of the firm’s handling of the complaint. In the event of collection of a claim against a private client, a binding opinion is only given if the client deposits the outstanding amount under the commission. If he fails to do so, arbitration will apply to the collection. If the dispute concerns the instructions of a business client, the regulations provide for arbitration.

Article 12.1

With reference to all documents, opinions, contracts, and pleadings prepared by the Firm (hereinafter: “the Documents”), the Firm reserves all intellectual property rights to the Documents. The Documents are intended exclusively for use by the client within the scope of the agreed-upon engagement.

Article 12.2

The client is expressly prohibited, unless with the Firm’s written consent, from processing, uploading, or otherwise using the Documents, in whole or in part, in, or making them available to, artificial intelligence (AI) applications, Large Language Models (LLMs), or comparable technologies. This prohibition applies in particular, but not exclusively, to the use of the Documents for training AI models, or for having the Documents summarized, analyzed, or rewritten by AI.

Article 12.3

In the event of a violation of this section, the client shall be liable for all resulting damages, including but not limited to damages resulting from a breach of professional confidentiality, the GDPR, and/or the inaccuracy of AI-generated documents.

Article 13

In accordance with its legal obligation, the Firm retains all records of its clients for up to five years after they are archived.

Article 14

To the extent that the file and the documents provided by the client are not taken back, they will be kept for up to 60 months after archiving.

Article 15

The legal relationship between the Client and the Firm is governed by Dutch law. All disputes will be settled exclusively by the competent court in Amsterdam.