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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 04-12-2025

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1. Introduction

Ace Legal (“we”, “us”, “our”) is a boutique legal advisory practice focused on M&A, Private Equity and Venture Capital transactions.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of visitors to our website and individuals who contact us, engage our services or interact with us in any other way.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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2. Data Controller

Ace Legal

Tt. Vasumweg 44

1033SC Amsterdam, the Netherlands

contact@ace-legal.com

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3. Personal Data We Collect

We may collect and process the following categories of personal data:

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3.1 Information you provide directly

  • Name, job title and contact details

  • Company information

  • Information shared when requesting advice or engaging our services

  • Email content and attachments you send us

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3.2 Website and technical data

  • IP address and device information

  • Browser type and operating system

  • Pages visited, time spent, and usage patterns

  • Cookies and similar technologies (only functional and analytics cookies)

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3.3 Information from third parties

  • Publicly available data (LinkedIn, company websites, registers)

  • Information provided by clients, advisors or transaction parties

  • Data from communication tools (e.g. Calendly, email platforms)

  • We do not intentionally collect data of minors and do not process special categories of personal data unless strictly necessary and voluntarily provided.
     

4. Purposes and Legal Grounds for Processing

We process personal data only when we have a lawful basis under the GDPR.

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4.1 Performance of a contract

  • Providing legal and strategic advisory services

  • Preparing proposals, scoping, and engagement documentation

  • Managing client relationships

4.2 Legitimate interests

  • Responding to inquiries

  • Improving our website and services

  • Preventing fraud and misuse

  • Maintaining business records

4.3 Legal obligations

Compliance with tax, accounting and regulatory duties

Conflict checks and risk assessments

4.4 Consent

  • When you voluntarily subscribe to a newsletter or similar communication

(You can withdraw consent at any time.)

5. How We Use Personal Data

We use personal data to:

  • Communicate with clients, prospects and partners

  • Deliver and improve our advisory services

  • Facilitate coordination within our partner/expert network

  • Manage billing and administration

  • Ensure the security and functionality of our website

  • Comply with legal and regulatory requirements

  • We do not sell, rent or trade personal data.

6. Sharing of Personal Data

We may share data with:

  • Trusted partners and legal/financial experts involved in a transaction

  • Service providers (IT hosting, email services, analytics tools)

  • Professional advisors (e.g., accountants, insurers)

  • Regulators or authorities, when legally required

  • All third parties are bound by confidentiality and data protection obligations.

  • We do not transfer data outside the EEA unless adequate safeguards are in place (e.g., EU Standard Contractual Clauses).

7. Data Retention

We store personal data only as long as necessary for:

  • The purpose for which it was collected

  • Performance of our services

  • Compliance with statutory retention periods (e.g., tax rules)

  • Establishing, exercising or defending legal claims

  • General retention period: 7 years, unless a longer or shorter period is required by law or justified by the nature of the matter.

8. Your Rights Under the GDPR

You have the right to:

  • Access your personal data

  • Correct inaccurate or incomplete data

  • Request deletion of data (“right to be forgotten”)

  • Restrict or object to processing

  • Request data portability

  • Withdraw consent at any time

  • Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)

  • Requests can be made via email: contact@ace-legal.com.

9. Security Measures

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including:

  • Secure servers and encrypted connections (HTTPS)

  • Access control and confidentiality obligations

  • Regular updates and system monitoring

  • Secure storage and deletion protocols

  • No system is completely secure, but we take all reasonable steps to minimise risk.
     

10. Cookies

Our website uses only essential and analytical cookies (e.g., traffic statistics, page performance). You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings.
 

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect legal, technical or operational changes. The most recent version will always be available on our website.
 

12. Contact

For questions, requests or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact:

Ace Legal Amsterdam B.V.

Email: conact@ace-legal.com

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