Terms.

These Website terms of use (“Terms”) set out the terms of use under which you may use this Website, www.engel-bunsas.com, as well as the pages accessible via this Website on social networks (LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.) (“Website”). Please read these Terms carefully and ensure that you understand them. Your agreement to comply with and be bound by these Terms is deemed to occur upon your first use of this Website. If you do not agree to comply with and be bound by these Terms, you must stop using this Website.

1. DEFINITIONS

In these Terms, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the following meanings:

”Content” means any and all text, images, audio, video, scripts, code, software, databases and any other form of information capable of being stored on a computer that appears on or forms part of this Website; and

”ENGEL-BUNSAS/We/Us” means ENGEL-BUNSAS GmbH, a company registered in Switzerland in the commercial register of the Commercial Registry Office of Basel-Stadt under number CHE-497.428.898, whose address is Sandgrubenstrasse 44, 4058 Basel. The partner and managing director of ENGEL-BUNSAS GmbH is Attorney at Law (Advokat, Avocat à la Cour) Christoph Engel-Bunsas, Maîtr. en Droit, LL.M., MBA, M.A.

2. ACCESS TO THIS WEBSITE

This Website, www.engel-bunsas.com, as well as the pages accessible via this Website on social networks (LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.), are owned and operated by ENGEL-BUNSAS.

Access to this Website is provided “as is” and on an “as available” basis. We may alter, suspend or discontinue this Website (or any part of it), at any time and without notice. We will not be liable to you in any way if this Website (or any part of it) is unavailable at any time and for any period.

3. PROFESSIONAL LICENCES AND SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES

Christoph Engel-Bunsas, Maîtr. en Droit, LL.M., MBA, M.A. is licensed to practise law as an Advokat in the Swiss Confederation and as an Avocat à la Cour in the French Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany (Sections 25 (1), 26 (1), 5 (1) sentences 1 and 2 and (2) sentence 2, 27a (1) EuRAG) and is a member of the relevant bar associations as licensing and supervisory authorities.

Switzerland

Advokat Christoph Engel-Bunsas, Maîtr. en Droit, LL.M., MBA, M.A., is registered in the Bar Register (Anwaltsregister) Basel-Stadt and is a member of the Basel Bar Association (Advokatenkammer Basel), P.O. Box, 4102 Binningen, Switzerland, telephone +41 (0)61 421 05 65, email elisabeth.maier@akbs.ch, website https://akbs.ch, and the Swiss Bar Association (Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband SAV), Marktgasse 4, P.O. Box, 3001 Bern, Switzerland, telephone +41 (0)31 313 06 06, email info@sav-fsa.ch, website www.sav-fsa.ch.

The competent supervisory authority is the Supervisory Commission for Lawyers (Aufsichtskommission über die Anwältinnen und Anwälten), c/o Appellationsgericht Basel-Stadt, Bäumleingasse 1, 4051 Basel, Switzerland, telephone +41 (0)61 267 64 64, email alexander.zuercher@bs.ch, website www.bs.ch/gerichte-judikative/ueber-die-gerichte/anwaltsaufsichtskommission.

France

Avocat à la Cour Christoph Engel-Bunsas, Maîtr. en Droit, LL.M., MBA, M.A. is a member of the Paris Bar Association (Ordre des avocats de Paris), 4 Boulevard du Palais, 75001 Paris, France, telephone +33 (0)1 80 27 19 20, email accueil_palais@avocatparis.org, website www.avocatparis.org.

The Paris Bar Association also acts as a supervisory authority.

Germany

Avocat à la Cour Christoph Engel-Bunsas, Maîtr. en Droit, LL.M., MBA, M.A. is a member of the Bar Association for the Higher Regional Court District of Koblenz (Rechtsanwaltskammer für den Oberlandesgerichtsbezirk Koblenz), Rheinstraße 24, 56068 Koblenz, Germany, telephone +49 (0)2 61 / 3 03 35 – 0, fax + 49 (0)2 61 / 3 03 35 – 22, email info@rakko.de, website www.rakko.de.

The competent supervisory authority is the Ministry of Justice of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate (Justizministerium des Landes Rheinland-Pfalz, Ministerium der Justiz), Ernst-Ludwig-Straße 3, 55116 Mainz, Germany.

4. PROFESSIONAL REGULATIONS

The following professional regulations apply to the lawyers of ENGEL-BUNSAS GmbH:

Switzerland

  • Bundesgesetz über die Freizügigkeit der Anwältinnen und Anwälte (BGFA);

  • Advokaturgesetz der Basel-Stadt;

  • Honorarreglement der Basel-Stadt (HoR);

  • Schweizerische Standesregeln (SSR).

These professional regulations can be found on the website of the Swiss Bar Association (Schweizerischer Anwaltsverband SAV) at www.sav-fsa.ch.

France

  • Règlement Intérieur du Barreau de Paris (RIBP).

These professional regulations can be found on the website of the Paris Bar Association (Ordre des avocats de Paris) at www.avocatparis.org.

Germany

  • Gesetz über die Tätigkeit europäischer Rechtsanwälte in Deutschland (EuRAG);

  • Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO);

  • Berufsordnung der Rechtsanwälte (BORA);

  • Gesetz über die Vergütung der Rechtsanwältinnen und Rechtsanwälte (RVG);

  • Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO).

These professional regulations can be found on the website of the German Bar Association (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) at www.brak.de.

Europe

  • CCBE Code of Conduct for European Lawyers.

The professional regulations can be found on the website of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) at www.ccbe.eu.

5. PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE

We maintain professional liability insurance with:

  • Lloyd’s Berufs-Haftpflichtversicherung für Rechtsanwälte, RMS Risk Ma-nagement Service AG, Arnold-Böcklin-Strasse 41, P.O. Box, 4009 Basel, Switzerland, telephone +41 (0)58 590 46 90, email info@rms.ch, policy num-ber SLR 450559;

  • MMA IARD Assurances Mutuelles / MMA IARD (SA), 160 rue Henri Champion, 72030 Le Mans, Cedex 9, France, telephone + 33 (0)1 47 83 13 28 / 06 36, email gestionclient.avocats@aon.com, policy number 127 103 713.

The insurance policies are valid worldwide. Liability for damages caused in, occurring in or claimed in the USA or Canada, subject to local law or judged by local courts, is not covered, or is covered only to a limited extent

6. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONTENT

The person responsible for the Content of this Website is

Christoph Engel-Bunsas

Sandgrubenstrasse 44

4058 Basel

Switzerland

Telephone +41 (0)78 821 10 74

Email info@engel-bunsas.com

7. LIABILITY FOR CONTENT

All information on this Website www.engel-bunsas.com and the Content accessible via this Website on social networks (LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.) is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute legal advice.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, ENGEL-BUNSAS makes no representation, warranty, or guarantee that this Website will meet your requirements, that it will not infringe the rights of third parties, that it will be compatible with all software and hardware, or that it will be secure.

ENGEL-BUNSAS makes reasonable efforts to ensure that the Content on this Website is complete, accurate, and up to date. ENGEL-BUNSAS does not, however, make any representations, warranties or guarantees (whether express or implied) that the Content is complete, accurate, or up to date.

8. LIABILITY FOR HYPERLINKS

Our Website contains hyperlinks to external third-party websites over whose Content we have no influence. We therefore cannot accept any liability for this external Content. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for their Content. The linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. No illegal Content was identified at the time of linking. However, permanent monitoring of the Content of the linked pages is not reasonable without concrete evidence of a violation of the law. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such links immediately.

9. LIABILITY FOR WEBSITE

To the extent permitted by applicable law, ENGEL-BUNSAS accepts no liability to any user for any loss or damage, whether foreseeable or otherwise, in contract, tort (including negligence), for breach of statutory duty, or otherwise, arising out of or in connection with the use of (or inability to use) this Website or the use of or reliance upon any Content included on this Website.

To the extent permitted by law, we exclude all representations, warranties, and guarantees (whether express or implied) that may apply to this Website or any Content included on this Website.

ENGEL-BUNSAS exercises all reasonable skill and care to ensure that this Website is free from viruses and other malware. We accept no liability for any loss or damage resulting from a virus or other malware, a distributed denial of service attack, or other harmful material or event that may adversely affect your hardware, software, data or other material that occurs as a result of your use of this Website (including the downloading of any Content from it) or any other site referred to on this Website.

We neither assume nor accept responsibility or liability arising out of any disruption or non-availability of this Website resulting from external causes including, but not limited to, ISP equipment failure, host equipment failure, communications network failure, natural events, acts of war, or legal restrictions and censorship.

10. COPYRIGHT

The Content and works on these pages created by the responsible parties are subject to the Federal Act on Copyright and Related Rights (“CopA”). The reproduction, editing, distribution and any kind of use outside the limits of copyright law require the written consent of the respective author or creator. Downloads and copies of this site are only permitted for private, non-commercial use. Insofar as the Content on this site was not created by the operator, the copyrights of third parties are respected. In particular, third-party Content is identified as such. Should you nevertheless become aware of a copyright infringement, please inform us accordingly. If we become aware of any infringements, we will remove such Content immediately.

11. TRADEMARK LAW

The image and word-image trademarks listed on the Website www.engel-bunsas.com are registered trademarks and are subject to the Federal Law on the Protection of Trademarks and Indications of Origin (“TMPA”) and Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the European Union trade mark (“TMEUR”). ENGEL-BUNSAS GmbH is the owner of these trademarks. Any complete or partial reproduction of these trademarks without the express permission of ENGEL-BUNSAS GmbH is prohibited.

12. DATA PROTECTION

ENGEL-BUNSAS processes the personal data in accordance with the provisions of the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (“FADP”) and the Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (General Data Protection Regulation, “GDPR”). ENGEL-BUNSAS asks users to view the Privacy Policy at the following address: Privacy Policy. ENGEL-BUNSAS may also automatically collect information about users by using cookies, which enable it to track users' navigation of the Website and personalise it for them. Users can view the Cookie Policy at the following address: Cookie Policy. Finally, ENGEL-BUNSAS may collect and process personal data when users subscribe to the newsletter. Users can view the Newsletter Policy at the following address: Newsletter Policy. To exercise one or more of your rights, please send your request to info@engel-bunsas.com.

13. CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may alter these Terms at any time. Any such changes will become binding on you upon your first use of this Website after the changes have been implemented. You are therefore advised to check this Website from time to time.

In the event of any conflict between the current version of these Terms and any previous version(s), the provisions current and in effect shall prevail unless it is expressly stated otherwise.

14. LAW AND JURISDICTION

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with Swiss law (to the exclusion of Swiss Private International Law and international treaties, in particular the Vienna Convention on the International Sale of Goods dated April 11, 1980).

Any disputes concerning these Terms shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the competent courts at the domicile of ENGEL-BUNSAS.

15. CONTACTING US

To contact us, please email us at info@engel-bunsas.com or using any of the methods provided on the Contact page.

Basel, January 1st, 2026