Regulatory
All the partners of Bird & Bird, London are solicitors in England and Wales or registered foreign lawyers. All the partners of Bird & Bird, London are regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales, as successor regulator to the Law Society of England and Wales from 1 July 2007. The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s regulations can be found at http://www.rules.sra.org.uk/.
 
As an international law firm with lawyers and tax advisers drawn from a variety of jurisdictions, we are subject to professional regulations applicable in the jurisdictions in which the firm practices, and the jurisdictions in which individual lawyers and tax advisers are admitted to practice.

For contact details of each office, see Offices.

Disclaimer of Liability
Nothing in this website constitutes legal advice. Always consult a suitably qualified lawyer on any specific legal problem or matter. Bird & Bird assumes no responsibility for information contained on this site and disclaims all liability in respect of such information.

This website contains links to other websites and to material contained on other websites. Bird & Bird is not responsible for the content of such other websites and to the extent permitted by law disclaims all liability in respect of such content and of any other websites or content which you may be able to access from such websites.

Please read Bird & Bird's Privacy Statement

Privacy Statement
This privacy statement describes how we at Bird & Bird use the information which we collect on our website, www.twobirds.com. If you have any questions about this statement or your personal information, please contact us at info@twobirds.com

You do not have to give us any personal information in order to use most of this website. However, if you wish to take advantage of some of the more special, personalised services that we offer, you will need to provide certain information.

Information Collection and Use
Bird & Bird is the sole owner of the information collected on this website. We do not sell, share, or transfer this information except as set out in this statement. We use your information to improve our marketing, for administration and to provide legal services. If necessary, we may pass your information between our offices. Our offices are listed on this website and the list is updated as appropriate. We may employ the services of a third party to help us in certain areas, such as website hosting. In some cases that third party may receive your information. However, at all times Bird & Bird, will control and be responsible for the use of your information.

The types of information we collect are described below.

Newsletter
To subscribe for newsletters and news updates you need to register with us by supplying your email address. To unsubscribe, email us at: info@twobirds.com.

Events Registration
To register as a delegate for an event you must complete a registration form. During registration you are required to give your contact information (such as name, address, phone number and email address). This information enables us to process and fulfil your enrolment online so that we can contact you about the events for which you have expressed interest. Optionally, you may provide demographic information (such as company name and position). If you do provide such information we are able to use it to provide a more personalized experience on our website.

Delegates may elect to pay by credit card. In this case you must provide financial information such as credit card number and expiration date. Credit card orders are processed securely with the use of SSL technology.

Job Applications
To apply for a training contract or summer placement online you will need to complete an online application form. The form asks you to enter information about your education, employment history and similar matters. This allows our recruitment personnel to make an informed decision as to whether to proceed with your application. Where the information provided is sensitive (such as your racial background or your state of health) you expressly consent to our use of the information to assess your application and to allow us to carry out equal opportunities monitoring. Please note that the internet may not be as secure as other communication methods, if you prefer you may print out the application form and post or fax it to us at 90 Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1JP fax number 0207 415 6111.

To apply for any other positions with the firm you may supply us with your email address. This will trigger an email from us to you inviting you to send your curriculum vitae. Any information you send us for the purpose of a job application will be treated by us with the greatest care and for that purpose only.

Cookies
A cookie is a piece of data stored on a user's hard drive containing information about the user. We use cookies on our website to store passwords, so that it is not necessary to provide a password for every visit to our website. We also use cookies to track the interests of our users so that we can subsequently enhance their experience on our website.. Once you close your browser, the cookie is deactivated. If your browser rejects a cookie, you may still use our website.

IP Addresses
We use IP addresses to analyze trends, administer the website, track users' movements, and gather broad demographic information for aggregate use. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.
Links

This website contains links to other websites. Please note that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Security
We take all appropriate steps to protect your information both online and off-line. If you would like information on our security procedures please contact us at info@twobirds.com.

Correcting/Updating Personal Information:
If your personal information changes or if you no longer wish to receive our service, please let us know and we will correct, update or remove your details. This can be done by emailing us at info@twobirds.com.

Your Consent
By using our website you consent to the collection and use of your personal information in the manner set out above. If we change or modify our privacy policy we shall post these changes on this page.

Copyright and Reproduction Notices
Bird & Bird is, unless otherwise stated, the owner of copyright and database right in this website and its contents. No part of this website may be published, distributed, extracted, re-utilised, or reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) except in accordance with the permissions set out below or as permitted by the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 or the Copyright and Rights in Databases Regulations 1997 as applicable.

IMPORTANT The following permissions DO NOT APPLY to content supplied by third parties, including that supplied by the Financial Times. For permitted use of third party content apply to the relevant content owner.

Licence for personal use

You may view this site electronically.

You may, for your personal use only, save to your individual storage medium and print such extracts from this site as are necessary for such use ("extracted material").

Licence to recopy for limited purposes

You may recopy extracted material to individual third parties for their personal use only, but only if:

1. you acknowledge the Bird & Bird website as the source of the material. You must include such acknowledgment and the Bird & Bird website address (www.twobirds.com) in the copy of the extracted material; and
2. you inform the third party that these conditions apply to him or her and that he/she must comply with them; and
3. you recopy the extracted material in complete and unmodified form.

This licence to recopy does not permit incorporation of the material or any part of it in any other work or publication, whether in hard copy or electronic or any other form. In particular (but without limitation) no part of the Bird & Bird website may be distributed or recopied for any commercial purpose or for a fee.
Bird & Bird reserves the right at any time at its discretion to withdraw or modify the licences set out above.

Links to Bird & Bird's website
Bird & Bird reserves the right at its discretion to prohibit any link from another Internet site or equivalent entity to materials or information on this site. Without prejudice to that, any link to material or information on this site must be neither misleading nor deceptive and must fairly indicate Bird & Bird or www.twobirds.com as the destination of the link.

Regulatory Position under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000
Some investment-related activities of the firm in, into or from the United Kingdom are regulated under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 ("FSMA") of the United Kingdom. The following statements are for the purpose of compliance with FSMA, and related regulations, and the rules of the Law Society of England and Wales, by whom the firm is regulated as an "exempt professional firm" in connection with any such activities.

Where we promote our own investment-related services, please particularly note as follows. The firm is not authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, but we are able in certain circumstances to offer a limited range of investment services to clients because we are members of the Law Society. We can provide these investment services if they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide. We can also provide services in relation to investments which may reasonably be regarded as a necessary part of our professional services or which we are otherwise permitted to provide in conformity with such Act.

If clients have any complaints with the service the firm provides for them then they should let us know. The firm will try to resolve any problem quickly and operates an internal complaints handling system. If for any reason the firm is unable to resolve the complaint, then the Law Society also provides a complaints and redress scheme for matters that concern the United Kingdom.

As we are not authorised under FSMA, we are only permitted to communicate invitations or inducements to engage in investment activities ("financial promotions") where these have been approved by an authorised person or are exempt from the requirement for such approval. We are retained only to provide legal and, where applicable, tax advice to our clients and nothing that we say or do should be construed as investment advice to anybody on the investment merits of acquiring or disposing of particular investments or as an invitation or inducement to anybody to engage in investment activities; nor do we act as brokers of investment transactions.

Where clients seek services concerning investments which are either not incidental to our legal services or are not otherwise ones which we are able to provide, the firm may refer the clients to someone who is authorised by the Financial Services Authority.