Privacy policy

We may collect personal information from you in the course of our business, including through your use of our website, when you contact or request information from us, when you engage our legal or other services or as a result of your relationship with one or more of our staff and clients.

The personal information that we process includes:

• Basic information, such as your name (including name prefix or title), the company you work for, your title or position and your relationship to a person
• Contact information, such as your postal address, email address and phone number(s)
• Professional information, including your photograph, from LinkedIn or the website of the organization you work for
• Financial information, such as payment-related information
• Technical information, such as information from your visits to our website or applications or in relation to materials and communications we send to you electronically, collected through cookies and other tracking technologies
• Information you provide to us for the purposes of attending meetings and events, including access and dietary requirements
• Identification, background and financial verification information provided by you or collected as part of our business acceptance and ongoing monitoring processes
• Personal information provided to us by or on behalf of our clients or generated by us in the course of providing services to them, which may include special categories of data
• Any other information relating to you which you may provide to us 

You have the right to lodge a complaint in relation to Allen Overy Shearman Sterling (Belgium) LLP’s processing of your personal information with the Belgian Data Protection Authority (https://www.gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit.be).

We will update this privacy policy from time to time to reflect changes to the way in which we use your personal data. Please check our website regularly for any updates.

This privacy policy was last updated in May 2024.

Personal Information Involved

• Basic information which may include: your name (including name prefix or title), the company you work for, your title or position
• Contact information which may include: your email address, phone number, work address, postal address
• Technical information from your visits to our website or applications or in relation to materials and communications we send to you electronically which may include: IP address, user cookie preferences, user language preference session, user site preferences.  
• Any other information relating to you which you may provide to us when you use facilities on the website, such as our email queries facilities 

Purpose of Processing 

• To provide and improve our website and its facilities, including auditing and monitoring its use 
• To provide and improve our services to you and to our clients
• To provide information requested by you 
• To promote our services, including sending legal updates, publications and details of events
• To manage and administer our relationship with you and our clients 
• For professional networking purposes