General Conditions Stek Advocaten B.V. (as of 1 January 2026)

1. Stek Advocaten B.V. (Stek) is a limited liability company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid) incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, whose object is to conduct the practice of law. A list of the persons who own shares in Stek through their holding companies (the Partners) shall be provided upon request.
2. These General Conditions apply to every assignment given to Stek, including supplemental assignments, follow-up assignments and new assignments as well as all and any legal relationships related thereto. If a supplemental assignment, follow-up assignment or new assignment is given by a (legal) person related to the original client, these General Conditions also apply to such supplemental assignment, follow-up assignment or new assignment and the original client guarantees that these General Conditions apply to such supplemental assignment, follow-up assignment or new assignment. The applicability of Articles 6:227b paragraph 1 and 6:227c of the Dutch Civil Code concerning (the provision of information and coming into existence of) e-commerce transactions is explicitly excluded in case the client is acting in the exercise of profession or business.
3. All assignments to Stek or (legal) persons related to Stek are considered to have been exclusively given to and accepted by Stek. This shall also apply if the client expressly or implicitly intends the assignment to be performed by a specific person. The description “(legal) persons related to Stek” includes but is not limited to: all and any (current, former and future) employees, advisors, Partners and group companies of Stek, the third party funds foundation Stek Advocaten (Stichting Beheer Derdengelden Stek Advocaten) and all and any (legal) persons which at the request of Stek have performed or will perform any activities. The applicability of Articles 7:404, 7:407 paragraph 2 and 7:409 of the Dutch Civil Code is excluded.
4. The provisions in these General Conditions are made for the benefit not only of Stek, but also for the benefit of the (legal) persons related to Stek as referred to in Article 3 of these General Conditions. All that is stipulated in these General Conditions for the benefit of Stek and the (legal) persons related to Stek shall be considered as an irrevocable third party stipulation made for free (onherroepelijk derdenbeding om niet) in the meaning of Article 6:253 of the Dutch Civil Code. The (legal) persons related to Stek are not liable for any damage caused by or related to the performance or non-performance of any assignment or any part thereof.
5. If, in the context of the performance of an assignment, an event occurs which leads to liability, then such liability shall be limited to the amount which is paid out under the professional liability insurance taken out by Stek, plus the amount of the deductible which must be borne by Stek pursuant to the insurance policy in the matter concerned. Such event may include a failure to act.