Terms of Use | Omnes Legal

1. Preamble

1.1. This website under the domain www.omneslegal.com (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”) is owned and operated by Omnes Legal being the trading name of A.I. Charatsis - V.I. Stasinopoulou Law Firm (hereinafter referred to as “Omnes Legal”, or “Omnes”, or the “Law Firm”). Omnes Legal is an incorporated partnership of Lawyers regulated by the Greek Presidential Decree No. 81/2005 and Law 4194/2013, as currently in force, having its registered address at 7, Alexandrou Noutsou Str., 117 44 Athens, Greece, duly registered with the Athens Bar Association.

1.2. Any views expressed through this Website or through any social media controlled by Omnes or any articles or other contributions published elsewhere do not constitute a legal advice and no responsibility is undertaken in this regard. Further disclaimers and liability limitations can be found below.

1.3. All references to “our”, “us”, or “we”, in these herein are deemed to refer to Omnes.

1.4. For any information, concerns or comments regarding the Website and the material provided therein, please contact us at gdpr@omneslegal.com.

2. Accessing our Website

2.1. This Website is governed by the present Terms of Use and the Policies of Omnes (such as the GDPR Policy and the Cookies Policy, together referred to as the “Notices”), regardless of how you access the Website. Your access is subject to all the applicable laws, rules, regulations and the Notices. Please read the Notices carefully before you start using the Website.

2.2. We may provide users of the Website with access to general information about our Law Firm, and to relevant material or services, such as:

(a) newsletters, blogs, legal updates, articles, attorney profiles, event details, videos, photos, text, data, etc. and/or

(b) event registration, subscription management, research tools, video players and links to third-party Websites.

2.3. By using our Website, you indicate that you have, read, understood and accepted the Notices and any additional terms, conditions, rules and guidelines that we post on the Website or otherwise make available to you and that you agree to abide to them as they may be amended from time to time. Please note that we may also make changes to the Notices periodically. Notification of such changes by any reasonable means might be provided, including by posting the revised version of the Notices on the Website.

2.4. If you do not agree with the Notices, please refrain from using our Website.

2.5. If you are an individual accessing or using the Website on behalf of or for the benefit of, any corporation, partnership or other entity with which you are associated (the “Organisation”), then you are agreeing to the Notices on behalf of yourself and the Organization.

2.6. References to “you” and “your” in the Notices will refer to both the individual using the Website and to any Organization.

2.7. Unauthorised use of our Website may subject to civil and criminal penalties.

3. How you may use and not use our Website

3.1. You may use our Website only for lawful purposes.

3.2. You are not allowed to use our Website in ways that may breach the applicable local, national and international laws or regulations or in a way that is fraudulent or unlawful or has an aforementioned purpose or effect.

3.3. Our Website cannot be used to send, receive, upload, download, use, re-use, transmit or share -in any way- any material that does not comply with the standards set in the Notices, or any material that contains harmful programs or similar computer code (viruses, trojan horses, worms, keyloggers, spyware, adware etc.) designed to adversely affect the operation of any device in any way (software or hardware).

3.4. Also, you may not use our Website in any way which does not comply with our content standards of the Terms of Use.

3.5. By using our Website, you also agree:

(a) to follow the provisions of the Notices; and

(b) to not access without authority, interfere, damage or disrupt (fully or partially) the Website and/or the hardware and/or the software equipment used in order to provide it.

3.6. By breaching any of these provisions, you commit an offence under applicable legislation, and we will report any such breach to the relevant law enforcement authorities and cooperate with the authorities. In such event, your right to use our Website will cease immediately.

4. Services to registered users

4.1. To access certain material and/or services of our Website you might be required to sign-up and sign-in. You can log in to the electronic services either as a natural person or as an Organisation after having been registered properly.

4.2. When registering, Omnes only receives basic identification information that you provide. The information provided during the registration may be modified in your profile tab.

4.3. As a registered user, you retain sole responsibility for any action carried out through your account. For this reason, you must ensure the security and confidentiality of your personal passwords and not notify them to third parties. In case you notice unauthorised access to your account, as well as any matter that concerns you regarding the management of your account, please contact Omnes at gdpr@omneslegal.com.

5. Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights

5.1. All the information, content and material on this Website and all copyright and other intellectual property rights -such as text, design, logos, images, videos, audio, text, etc.- (the “Content”) is protected as proprietary rights under applicable copyright and trademark laws and the international copyright conventions.

5.2. Our trade names, logos, service marks, any trademarks, and all the content of our Website marked as such are property of Omnes. All other trade names, trademarks, service marks and logos on our Website not owned by us are the property of their respective owners.

5.3. The use of any content without our (or the owner’s) explicit written permission/consent is prohibited. You may not use our trademarks and service marks in connection with any product or service and/or in any manner that is likely to cause confusion. Nothing in this Website should be considered as granting license or right to use any of the copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights content.

5.4. Unauthorised use of our Website is subject to civil and criminal penalties.

5.5. You are permitted to use our Website as follows:

(a) Print or make a copy (electronic or hard copy) or download extracts, of any page(s) from our Website for your personal reference only, provided that the source and author are acknowledged and no changes or modifications to the content are made. However, any illustrations, photographs, video or audio sequences or any graphics from any accompanying text must not be used.

(b) Content is not used or implying that Omnes is providing information or supporting an organization, its products or services, and the content is not used for commercial purposes.

(c) Everything available on our Website will not be used for any purpose that is prohibited by these Terms of Use or in a manner that could constitute criminal and/or other offence and/or violate the law (national and/or international) in any way.

5.6. The material on our Website may not be modified, reproduced, published or be used for any commercial or public purpose without obtaining our explicit written permission/consent to do so. Any such written permission/consent granted by us do not extend to any third- party material on our Website. Omnes fully reserves the right to withdraw any of these written permissions/consents granted by us in relation to any user or any part of the Website at any time.

5.7. The content may be subject to changes at the absolute discretion of Omnes without prior notice.

5.8. For any questions regarding the intellectual property rights of any part of the content of our Website, please contact Omnes at gdpr@omneslegal.com.

6. Limitations and Exclusion of Liability

6.1. Our Website and all of its contents are provided for general information purposes only, mainly for clients, potential clients, and individuals considering possible collaboration as third-party independent contractors with our Law Firm.

6.2. We fully reserve the right to withdraw and/or amend the services we provide on our Website without prior notice. We will not be liable if for any reason whatsoever our Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. We may also, at any time and without any liability:

(a) modify or discontinue all or part of our Website (for maintenance and/or upgrade and/or any other reason);

(b) refuse to provide any user with access to our Website;

(d) offer opportunities to some or all Website users. You are responsible for making all arrangements necessary for you to have access to our Website. You are also responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Website through your internet connection and/or through your device are aware of these present terms, and that they fully comply with them.

6.3. We do not accept any liability for any damages and/or losses, direct, indirect or consequential (positive, negative, incidental, contractual or other), of any kind resulting from your use of our Website or inability to use it, or for any results of the use and of any materials posted, or from reliance on information or materials published on our Website and any Websites linked to it. We are not responsible or liable for any matter relating to you and/or any third parties accessing or using our Website and all of its content.

6.4. We make no representation and/or warranty that our Website (or any part and/or link thereof) will be accurate, complete, or error-free, nor that any particular software or hardware, will be compatible with our Website.

6.5. Nothing in this site is to be considered as solicitation or constitution of an attorney-client relationship between the reader and Omnes or as rendering of legal advice for any specific matter. The services or information provided in our Website do not constitute a solicitation for the formation of an attorney-client relationship. All liability in respect of actions taken or not taken based on any services of our Website is disclaimed. The same applies to any information or views in connection with the Website.

7. Disclaimers

7.1. The content of our Website is available for information purposes only and is not intended to provide advice on a particular case or to substitute the specialised legal advice that you should always seek in the context of the particular case you may encounter. This Website’s information shall be provided for general information purposes only and should not be taken as an inducement to a specific action or refrain from action. You visit this Website and take any kind of action based on the information contained therein on your sole initiative and responsibility.

7.2. The Content of this Website may contain inaccuracies or errors. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free operation of this Website, correction of defects, responses to questions, hardware or software compatibility with any device, security of the Website, or that the Website server is free of virus or any other malware. Under no circumstances shall Omnes be held liable for any damage suffered by the visitor/user of this Website from the use or inability to use, the lack of availability or the non-update of its content timely, as well as for the consequences of any act or omission of its visitors made as a result of the use of this Website.

7.3. The Website and any services, third-party materials and other information and materials made available through or in connection with this Website are provided to you on an “as is,” “where is” and “where available” basis, without any representations or warranties of any kind.

7.4. The visitor/user of our Website shall assume the relevant risk and any expense arising in any of the aforementioned cases.

7.5. Neither we, nor any of our officers, directors, managing partners, legal representatives, associates, employees or agents or any other party involved in creating, producing, or delivering the Website, are liable for any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental, special, consequential or any other damages or losses of any kind arising out of or in any way connected with the use of this Website or its content, whether based on contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability or otherwise, even if advised of the possibility of any such damages or losses.

8. Use of links to third-party Websites

8.1. This Website may provide access to third-party Websites.

8.2. These links have been included exclusively to facilitate visitors/users of our Website, while the third-party Websites to which they refer are subject to their respective terms of use. The inclusion of the links is not an indication and should not be construed as approval, adoption or acceptance of the content of the respective Websites by Omnes, which does not guarantee and bear no responsibility for the accuracy of their content or for the data protection policies they follow.

8.3. We do not endorse in any way and we do not have any kind of control over the information provided on our Website from third parties and we do not have control over the availability or general state of a third-party Website, linked to on our Website, and thus no liability shall be accepted.

8.4. If the visitor/user of our Website decides to visit or use, through its links, one of the third-party Websites, they shall acknowledge and accept that they are doing so on their own risk and responsibility.

8.5. We shall not be found responsible or liable to any third party, for the content or accuracy of any materials posted on other third-party Websites.

9. Other Provisions

If any part of the Terms of Use is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law including, but not limited to, the warranty disclaimers and liability limitations above, then the invalid or enforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the rest of the provisions of these presents Terms of Use shall continue in full force and effect.

10. Governing Law

These present Terms of Use shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with Greek law and will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Athens.