Summary of the applicable Terms & Conditions

Below you will find a summary of the General Terms and Conditions as they currently apply to all activities of Bartholomew + partners. A full contractually binding set of the applicable Terms & Conditions in Dutch will be sent to you at the onset of our cooperation with you. You can also download the most recent version by clicking on the blue button near the bottom of this page.

You are recommended to visit this website-page with some regularity, so that you always stay up to date with the most recent version of these General Terms and Conditions. If you want to be kept proactively informed when anything changes, then please let us know so by email.

Bartholomew + partners operates internationally and multilingually, but Dutch law applies to all national and international advisory and business activities of Bartholomew + partners. This means that the legal relationship between you (as the client) and Bartholomew + partners (as the contractor) is an agreement of assignment (in Dutch: 'overeenkomst van opdracht') which is solely governed by Dutch law. In the event of a dispute, contractual or otherwise, the Dutch courts will have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve it. If contractual clauses seem to be different in different languages and/or correspondence, then only the Dutch contractual version and Dutch law will be applicable to determine the scope of the contractual rights, duties, and liabilities. Similarly, only the General Terms and Conditions in the Dutch language are legally binding.

Some of the most important provisions and stipulations - but not all - contained within the applicable General terms and Conditions, are the following:

• All of the General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners apply to all of the activities of Bartholomew + partners  and after acceptance thereof they also apply to all activities for which you are to engage Bartholomew + partners in the future.
• The General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners contain a number of provisions whereby the applicability of the General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners as the contractor always prevails over the applicability of any or all of of the general terms and conditions of the clients.
• The General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners contain a provision explaining that the Premier Advisory and Essential Advisory tiers of service are designed for committed long-term strategic partnerships, providing clients with (depending on the applicable tier) guaranteed priority access & response, proactive ideation, and scheduled 24/7 emergency availability. Out of respect for the dedicated resources promised to the current Premier and Essential tier clients, and to seamlessly continue this high level responsiveness by guaranteeing the availability of the dedicated time, focus, and resources that go with it, changes and adjustments to an existing Retainer Agreement and/or service level tier are managed on a planned, semi-annual basis. This means (a) that any changes and adjustments to an existing Retainer Agreement and/or service level tier become effective at the start of the nearest half-year calendar date (either January 1st or July 1st), (b) that Bartholomew + partners must be notified of the client's wish to change, adjust, and/or upgrade its existing retainer commitment and/or service level tier at least one calendar month prior to the nearest half-year calendar date, and (c) that any changes, adjustments, and/or upgrades in retainer agreement and/or service level tier is always subject to available capacity.
• Premier and Essential tier retainer commitments are invoiced in full upfront, thereby securing dedicated resources and priority availability throughout the 6, 12, or 12+ month duration of the retainer agreement. Upfront payments are therefore non-refundable. Retainer commitments are allocated on a pro rata monthly basis. Monthly allocations do not roll over to the next month, but expire automatically at the end of each calendar month. Any extra hours ('overage hours') are monitored and billed additionally on a monthly, quarterly, or bi-annual schedule, determined at Bartholomew + partners' discretion based on the volume and frequency of the accumulated overage hours.
• The General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners contain a third-party clause stipulating that the General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners will also automatically be applicable between the client and any third parties that Bartholomew + partners has engaged (and the General Terms and Conditions give Bartholomew + partners also the right to engage third parties independently, either directly or indirectly in the client's name and for the client's account and risk, and to do so either with or without informing the client).
• The General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners contain a number of security provisions such as, but not limited to: a prohibition of set-off by the client, a right to re-indexation by Bartholomew + partners, and some guarantee provisions that can be triggered on behalf of Bartholomew + partners.
• The General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners contain specific provisions limiting our maximum liability by time, scope, and amount. Should you require an elevated, broader, or individually tailored liability threshold for one or more specific engagements, Bartholomew + partners can arrange dedicated project-specific excess liability coverage (“top-up” or excess layer cover; in Dutch: projectspecifieke excedentdekking) tailored to the precise requirements of your engagement. It remains the sole responsibility of the client to proactively notify us of any such requirement. Bartholomew + partners assumes no obligation or liability to advise the client on the necessity, advisability, or availability of this option.
• Accepting the General Terms and Conditions of Bartholomew + partners implies an automatic acceptance of the included Bartholomew + partners privacy policy.

The full Dutch text and content of the General Terms & Conditions of Bartholomew + partners can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

Please don't hesitate to contact Bartholomew + partners if and when you have any questions about the content or meaning of any - or all - of the General Terms and Conditions.

For informational purposes only, a full English version of the General Terms and Conditions will be exclusively sent to clients on request. Please remember: in case of dispute only the Dutch version is legally binding.

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With the blue button below you can download the most recent version of Bartholomew + partners' General Terms & Conditions (including the Privacy Policy). Please note: for reasons specified above, these Terms & Conditions are drawn up in the Dutch language.

An English summary of the content of these Terms & Conditions can be found at the top of this page.

For informational purposes only, the full English version of the Terms & Conditions will be exclusively sent to clients on request. But remember: in case of dispute only the Dutch version is legally binding.