Legal Notice
OWNERSHIP OF THE WEBSITE
In accordance with the provisions of Article 10 of Law 34/2002, of July 11, 2002, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, the following information is provided:
- Website owner: SANTIAGO MEDIANO ABOGADOS, S.L.P. (hereinafter SMA);
- Address: Calle Campoamor 18, Planta 1, 28004, Madrid, Spain.
- Tax Identification Number: ESB83533455.
- Registered in the Mercantile Registry of Madrid in Volume 18452, Book 0, Folio 83, Section 8, Page number M 320356.
- Contact telephone number: +34 91 310 63 63
- E-mail: info@santiagomediano.com
The domain name(s) through which you have accessed the Website is (are) owned by SMA. Said domain name(s) may not be used in connection with other contents, products and/or services not owned by SMA, or in any way that may cause confusion among end users or discredit SMA.
For the purposes of this Legal Notice, Users are persons who access the Website and/or who submit a request or email to the Website or who complete a form on the Website or complete a registration process.
OBJECT
This Legal Notice contains the terms and conditions governing: a) access, navigation and use of the Website; b) the responsibilities arising from the use of the Website and the provision and / or procurement of products or services, if any, may be offered through the Website; and c) the provision and use of the content of the Website. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, the above does not prevent SMA from establishing specific conditions governing the use, provision and/or contracting of products or services that, where appropriate, are offered to Users through the Website. In any case, these particular conditions shall form an integral part of this Legal Notice.
The mere access to the Website, the completion of forms, the sending of requests for information, queries, complaints, proposals, contracting offers, curriculum vitae and, in general, any act of a similar nature to the above carried out through the forms and/or electronic mailboxes existing on the Website shall imply, on your part, the unreserved acceptance of each and every one of the rules included in this Legal Notice and the acquisition of the consideration of User of the Website. Consequently, you must carefully read and understand the contents of this Legal Notice.
In the event of being offered, through the Website, the use, provision and/or contracting of products or services, the fact of being used and/or requested by the User shall also imply the unreserved acceptance of the particular conditions which, where applicable, have been established for this purpose, and which shall form an integral part of this Legal Notice.
ACCESS AND USE OF THE WEBSITE
Access to the Website by Users is free and free of charge. Mere access to the Website does not imply, in itself, the establishment of any link or business relationship between SMA and the User, except where appropriate means have been established for this purpose and the User has given prior compliance with the requirements, if any, are established. The inclusion on the Website of information relating to treatments or products or services offered by SMA has exclusively informative and advertising purposes, unless another purpose is expressly established.
The Website is designed for use by adults (+18) and is not intended for use by minors.
Mere access to the Website does not imply, in itself, the establishment of any type of commercial link or relationship between the Entity and the User, except when the appropriate means have been established for this purpose and the User has previously complied with any requirements that may be established.
The inclusion on the Website of information relating to products or services offered by the Entity is exclusively for information and advertising purposes, unless another purpose is expressly established.
If the User must register to use, access or contract any product or service offered on the Website, he/she shall be responsible for providing truthful and lawful information, guaranteeing the authenticity of the data entered in the corresponding forms. In the event of being assigned a password, the User undertakes to use it diligently and to keep it secret. He/she is responsible for safeguarding and guaranteeing the confidentiality of his/her access credentials, avoiding ceding them or allowing them to be used by third parties, either temporarily or permanently. The User will assume all responsibility derived from the improper or illegitimate use of the products or services by third parties who access with their password due to negligence, loss or lack of diligence in its custody.
Likewise, it is the User’s obligation to immediately notify the Entity of any event that allows the improper use of the identifiers and/or passwords, such as theft, loss, or unauthorised access to them, in order to proceed to their immediate cancellation. Without prejudice to any other provision contained herein, until such events are reported, the Entity shall be exempt from any liability that may arise from the improper use of identifiers or passwords by unauthorised third parties.
In any case, access, browsing and use of the Website and, where appropriate, the use or contracting of services or products offered through it is done under the sole and exclusive responsibility of the User, so that the User undertakes to diligently and faithfully observe any additional instructions given by SMA or by authorised personnel of SMA, regarding the use of the Website and its contents.
Therefore, the User undertakes to use the contents, products and services in a diligent, correct and lawful manner, in accordance with current legislation and, in particular, undertakes to refrain from:
(i) Use them for purposes or effects contrary to the law, morality, generally accepted good customs or public order and the instructions received from SMA.
(ii) Use them for purposes detrimental to the legitimate rights of third parties.
(iii) Access and/or use the Website for professional purposes or incorporate, as a business activity, the services and content of the Website.
(iv) Use the contents and products and, in particular, information of any kind obtained through the Website or the services to send advertising, communications for the purposes of direct sales or for any other commercial purpose, unsolicited messages addressed to a number of persons regardless of their purpose, as well as to refrain from marketing or disclosing such information in any way.
The use or application of any technical, logical or technological resources by virtue of which Users may benefit, directly or indirectly, with or without profit from the unauthorised exploitation of the contents and/or services of the Website is expressly prohibited.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
The website, including but not limited to all services, features, content, functions and materials provided through the website, are provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, express or implied. The website may contain information, opinions, advice, tips, warnings and statements provided by various sources of information, as well as by any user of the website for which the entity assumes no responsibility as to their accuracy or reliability, nor does the entity endorse or approve any information, opinions, advice, tips, warnings and statements. The entity is not responsible for users’ decisions based on information provided through the website and users should seek professional advice where appropriate with respect to the evaluation of any specific information, opinion, advice, warning or other content. Any information published on the website should be understood to be for general purposes only. SMA does not guarantee or endorse the accuracy or reliability of any information or content, consequently, the entity does not guarantee the reliability, usefulness or truthfulness of the information, nor the continuity, accuracy or completeness of such information or the results obtained from the use that can be made of such information and shall have no liability to users.
SMA is not responsible and, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, excludes any warranties, express or implied, concerning the merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-compliance, accuracy, reliability, completeness or timeliness of the content, services, products, text, graphics, links or other items included on the website, or the results obtained from accessing and using the website and / or the content thereof.
Consequently, SMA does not guarantee and is not responsible for:
(i) the continuity of the contents of the website and/or the lack of availability or accessibility of the website or technical continuity of the website;
(ii) the absence of errors in such content or products or that any errors will be corrected;
(iii) the absence of viruses and other harmful components on the website or on the server that provides it;
(iv) the invulnerability of the website and/or the impregnability of the security measures adopted therein;
(v) where applicable, the lack of usefulness or performance of the contents or services of the website;
(vi) any damage or harm caused, to himself or to a third party, by any person who infringes the conditions, rules and instructions that SMA establishes on the website or through the violation of the security systems of the website;
(vii) any other damage that may be caused by reasons inherent to the non-functioning or defective functioning of the website or of the websites to which, as the case may be, links may have been established.
SMA applies reasonable measures to avoid errors in the contents published on the Website. The contents offered through the Website are updated periodically and SMA reserves the right to modify them at any time. SMA is not responsible for any consequences that may arise from errors in the contents and / or services provided by third parties on the website.
Any communication or transmission of content to the website that infringes the rights of third parties and/or whose content is threatening, obscene, defamatory, pornographic, xenophobic, offensive to personal dignity or the rights of minors or contrary to current legislation, as well as any conduct by the user that incites or constitutes a criminal offence, is strictly prohibited.
It is also forbidden the inclusion and communication of content, by users, which: (i) are false or inaccurate and that induce or may induce other users or SMA staff to error; (ii) may infringe intellectual or industrial property rights belonging to third parties; (iii) that undermine or discredit the reputation or credit of SMA; iv) that are considered as a case of illicit, misleading or unfair advertising; and/or v) that incorporate virus or any other electronic element that could damage or prevent the functioning of the website, the network, computer equipment of SMA or third parties and/or the access to the website of the rest of the users.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND INDEMNITY
The User agrees to hold SMA and any of its subsidiaries, branches, officers, directors, employees and agents harmless from any claims, liabilities, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees arising in any way from the use of the Website, the placement or transmission of any message, content, information, software or other materials through the Website or for violation of the law or the terms and conditions contained in this Legal Notice.
TERMINATION OF ACCESS AND USE
SMA may, at its discretion, deny, suspend or block access to the Website to any user who breaches the terms of this Legal Notice, without notice. In addition, it may delete your registration along with all associated information and files. Under no circumstances shall SMA be liable for the cancellation of access in the aforementioned cases.
INTELLECTUAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
All intellectual and industrial property rights over the Contents are reserved and, in particular, it is forbidden to modify, copy, reproduce, publicly communicate, transform or distribute in any way all or part of the Contents included in the Website, for public or commercial purposes, without the prior, express and written authorisation of SMA or, where appropriate, of the owner of the corresponding rights. By way of example, it is forbidden to use any technology to extract and collect information and content from the Website.
References to names and trademarks or registered trademarks, logos or other distinctive signs, whether owned by SMA or third parties, imply a prohibition on their use without the consent of SMA or their rightful owners. At no time, unless expressly stated, access or use of the Website and / or its contents, gives the user any right over trademarks, logos and / or distinctive signs included therein protected by law.
LINKS
Links from the Website to other websites
SMA may include links to external websites for information purposes, without implying an invitation to purchase products or services, or any commercial relationship or dependence with the owners of such sites. It is not responsible for the conditions applicable to the services offered on these external sites or for their content, operation or quality.
Given that SMA does not control or approve the information or services of the linked pages, it does not assume any responsibility for aspects related to their access, operation or content. However, if it becomes aware of illegal or harmful activities linked to these links, it will act to remove them as soon as possible.
Users who detect illegal activities in the linked pages must immediately inform SMA to proceed to disable access.
Links from other websites to the Website
If any User, entity or web page wishes to establish any kind of link to this website, it must comply with the following stipulations:
(i) You must obtain prior express written authorisation from SMA.
(ii) The link may only lead to the home page of the Website, unless expressly authorised otherwise.
(iii) The link must be absolute and complete, that is to say, it must take the User, through a click, to the home page and must completely cover the full extent of the screen of the home page of the Website. Under no circumstances, unless otherwise authorised by SMA, may the web page from which the link is made reproduce the Website in any way, include it as part of its website or within one of its “frames” or create a “browser” on any of the pages of the Website.
(iv) The web page from which the link is established may not state in any way that SMA has authorized such a link, without this having been done. If the entity that makes the link from your page to the Website correctly wish to include on your website brand, name, trade name, trade name, label, logo, or any other identifying sign of SMA and / or Website, you must first have the prior express written permission of SMA.
(v) In any case, SMA prohibits the establishment of a link to the Web Site from those web pages that contain materials, information or contents that are illicit, illegal, degrading, obscene, and in general, that contravene morality, public order, current legislation, generally accepted social norms or are harmful to the legitimate rights of third parties.
PRIVACY POLICY
When it is necessary for the User to register or provide personal data (inter alia, to access services; request information; submit queries, complaints or recruitment applications; send a curriculum vitae), the User will be advised of the need to provide personal data.
In any case, the collection and processing of personal data will be carried out subject to the principles and obligations of the applicable regulations on data protection, and in accordance with the provisions of the Privacy Policy , which forms an integral part of this Legal Notice.
DURATION AND MODIFICATION
SMA reserves the right to modify the terms of the Legal Notice and the particular conditions of use or contracting of the services of the Website without prior notice, in order to adapt to legal or technological changes or business needs. These modifications will be effective as soon as they are published on the Website.
The validity of these conditions extends as long as they are published, being replaced by modifications where appropriate. Also, SMA may suspend, interrupt or terminate access to content at any time without notice or right to compensation, while maintaining in force the restrictions on use set out in this Legal Notice.
COMMUNICATIONS
Any communication between SMA and the User, the latter must be addressed to SMA at the postal address and / or email address above. In any case, communications from SMA to the User will be made in accordance with the contact details provided or provided. The User expressly accepts the use of email as a valid procedure for the exchange of information and the sending of communications between and / or with SMA.
GENERAL
The headings of the clauses are merely informative and do not influence the interpretation of the Legal Notice. In the event of conflict between this Legal Notice and the particular conditions applicable to specific products or services, the latter shall prevail.
If any provision of the Legal Notice is declared invalid or unenforceable by a competent authority, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The lack of exercise of any right by SMA shall not imply waiver of such right, unless expressly agreed in writing
APPLICABLE LAW AND COMPETENT COURTS
This Legal Notice and any relationship arising out of or in connection with its acceptance shall be governed exclusively by applicable Spanish law.
The competent courts to resolve any dispute arising from or related to this Legal Notice and / or any relationship arising from its acceptance shall be determined according to applicable law and shall correspond to those of the domicile of SMA.
Latest version: April2025