Terms of Use

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF USE CAREFULLY BEFORE USING THIS SITE

What's in these Terms?

These Terms and Conditions tell you the rules for using our website reedsmith.com.

These Terms and Conditions were last modified and effective as of 21 November 2025. Click on the links below to go straight to more information on each area.

Who We Are
By Using Our Site, You Accept These Terms
We May Make Changes to These Terms
We May Suspend or Withdraw Our Site
We May Transfer This Agreement to Someone Else
How We May Use Your Personal Data
How We Own or Have Rights to Trademarks, Copyright, and Database Rights On This Site
We Are Not Responsible for Other Websites We Link To
How You May Use Material on Our Site
You Must Keep Any Verification Details for Use of Our Site Safe
What You Are Permitted to Do With Our Site
Your Responsibility to Us For Any Loss or Damage
How to Terminate These Terms and Conditions
What Happens If Some of These Terms Are Found Invalid
No Other Terms Apply to Your Use of This Site
Who Can Enforce These Terms and Conditions
Which Country's Laws Apply to a Dispute
No Attorney-Client Relationship
Site Content; Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability
Miscellaneous
How to Contact Us

PLEASE READ THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAREFULLY AS THEY DESCRIBE YOUR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND, TOGETHER WITH ALL THE OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS REFERRED TO BELOW, FORM A LEGALLY BINDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN YOU AND US REGARDING YOUR USE OF OUR SITES.

IF, FOR ANY REASON, YOU ARE UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO AGREE TO ALL OF OUR TERMS, PLEASE IMMEDIATELY DISCONTINUE USING OR ATTEMPTING TO USE OUR SITES, BECAUSE IF YOU CONTINUE, YOU WILL BE AGREEING TO ALL THE TERMS DESCRIBED OR REFERRED TO BELOW.

Who we are

Thank you for using www.reedsmith.com, or any other website controlled and operated by Reed Smith LLP (individually, a "Site" or collectively, “Sites”). Reed Smith (“firm,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) is a law firm practicing at offices in the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Greece, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , Kazakhstan, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong SAR, and Singapore. Please see our Country Legal Notices for a description of the legal entities providing services. References to “Reed Smith” in these Terms are to Reed Smith LLP of Delaware, U.S.A., and all of its affiliates and related entities.

By Using Our Site, You Accept These Terms

Each Site contains legal information and general information about our legal services. These Terms and Conditions of Use (“Terms and Conditions”) represent a legally binding agreement between you and us and apply to your use of our Sites.

These Terms and Conditions refer to and include the following additional terms, which also apply to your use of our Site –

Our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use and store your personal data.
Our Cookie Policy, which explains how we collect cookies.

All of these apply to your use.

By using any of our Sites, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to comply with these Terms and Conditions, our Privacy Policy, and Cookie Policy, which are incorporated into these Terms and Conditions by reference. If you do not accept any of these terms, please do not use any of our Sites.

You are responsible for ensuring that all persons who access our Site through your internet connection are aware of these Terms and Conditions, and that they comply with them.

No agency, partnership, joint venture, employment or franchise relationship is created or intended by these Terms and Conditions.

We May Make Changes to These Terms

We may from time to time change the terms that govern your use of our Sites to reflect the changes in the applicable laws, changes to our services, clients’ needs and our business priorities. We will post a notice of the effective date of any material revisions to these Terms and Conditions on this page. Material revisions to our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy will be posted on our Privacy Policy page and Cookie Policy accordingly with the effective date of these material revisions.

Each time you use our Sites, please check the Terms and Conditions to ensure you understand what applies to your use of our Sites at that time. You should therefore print a copy of these Terms and Conditions for future reference, check this page, our Privacy Policy page and Cookie Policy page regularly.

Changes will be effective from the date on which they are posted on our Sites. Your use of any of our Sites following any such change constitutes your agreement to follow and be bound by the Terms and Conditions as changed.

We May Suspend or Withdraw Our Site

Our Sites are usually available free of charge. We do not guarantee that our Sites, or any content therein, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Sites for business or operational reasons. We will notify you of any planned suspension or withdrawal on a Site, in advance where practical. Additional terms of use will apply to any of our Sites that require payment of a fee.

We May Transfer This Agreement to Someone Else

We may transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions to any organization taking over all or part of the business of Reed Smith LLP. We will always tell you in writing if this happens and we will ensure that the transfer will not affect your rights under the Terms and Conditions.

How We May Use Your Personal Data

Your privacy is important to us. Our use of your personal data is governed by our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy. Read these documents carefully since they describe how we collect and use personal data we obtain from you or collect about you.

We Own or Have Rights to Trademarks, Copyright, and Database Rights On This Site

Copyright in the content of each Site (including without limitation all images, illustrations, designs, icons, photographs, video clips, trademarks, service marks, the "look" and "feel", color combinations, button shapes, layout, design, graphical elements, arrangement of items, written and other materials that appear on this Site, HTML and other code and all copyrightable or otherwise legally protectible elements on our Sites) and all database rights in each Site (collectively, the “Content”) are owned by Reed Smith or its licensors and are legally protected under intellectual property laws. The modification, copying, distribution or incorporation into any other work of part or all of any Site or its Content in any form is prohibited except that you may print or download extracts for your non-commercial, informational and personal use only. Our status (and that of any identified contributors) as the authors of content on a Site must always be acknowledged. You must not use any part of the content on our Sites for commercial purposes without obtaining a license to do so from us or our licensors.

If you print off, copy, download, share or repost any part of our Sites in breach of these Terms and Conditions, your right to use our Sites will cease immediately and you must, at our option, return or destroy any copies of the materials you have made. All rights are reserved.

All product names, names of services, trademarks and service marks are the property of Reed Smith, or the property of their respective owners, as indicated. You may not use any product names, names of services, trademarks and service marks for any purpose whatsoever other than as permitted by these Terms and Conditions.

We Are Not Responsible for Other Websites We Link To

There may be links that make it easier for you to connect to third-party websites or that will let you access any of our Sites from third-party websites. Linked third-party websites are not under the control of Reed Smith, and Reed Smith is not responsible for the contents of any linked third-party website or any link contained in such a linked website. Existence of links to other third-party websites is not an endorsement by Reed Smith of such website or the products or services contained in any third-party website. If you choose to access a third-party website linked on any of our Sites, you do so entirely at your own risk. Concerns regarding services or resources or links to third-party websites should be directed to the provider of the outside service or resource. You are permitted to link to our homepage www.reedsmith.com without prior consent. Reed Smith at all times reserves the irrevocable right to rescind consent for any link to any of our Sites and to take any legal action it deems appropriate.

How You May Use Material on Our Site

We grant you a limited license and right to use the Content of our Sites solely in connection with your direct personal, non-commercial use. Unauthorized or prohibited use of Content may subject you to civil or criminal liability. In addition, you represent, warrant and agree that you will not use (or plan, encourage or help others to use) any of our Sites for any purpose or in any manner that is prohibited by these Terms and Conditions or by applicable law.

You Must Keep Any Verification Details for Use Of Our Site Safe

If you choose, or you are provided with, a user identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our security procedures for the use of any of our Sites, you must treat such information as confidential. You must not disclose any of them to any third party. If you know or suspect that anyone other than you knows your user identification code or password, you must promptly notify us.

We have the right to disable any user identification code or password, whether chosen by you or allocated by us, at any time, if in our reasonable opinion you have failed to comply with any of the provisions of these Terms and Conditions.

We do not guarantee that our Site will be secure or free from bugs or viruses.

You are responsible for configuring your information technology, computer programs and platform to access our Site. You should use your own virus protection software.

What You Are Not Permitted to Do With Our Site

You may not do the following in connection with use of any of our Sites:

Alter, delete or conceal copyright or other notices, even if we let you download, display print or share the Content with others.
Send unsolicited commercial email to the email addresses provided on the Site. The posting of email addresses is not to be construed as, and does not constitute, consent to use any of them by any seller of services, any compiler of mailing lists, or any other non-authorized use without prior permission from Reed Smith. In addition, spam, chain emails, advertising solicitations and similar email solicitations are expressly prohibited.
Post or transmit to or from the Site any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, inflammatory, indecent or pornographic material or other material of any kind, including without limitation any transmissions constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, give rise to any civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable law.
Post or transmit to or from the Site any material of any kind which violates or infringes upon the rights of any other person, including material which is an invasion of any privacy or publicity rights or which is protected by copyright, trade mark or any other proprietary right, or derivative works with respect thereto, without first obtaining permission from the owner or relevant right holder.
Download any file posted by any other user if you know, or reasonably ought to know, that the file cannot legally be distributed in such manner.
Attempt to probe, scan or test the vulnerability of the Site, system or network or to breach security or authentication measures without proper authorization.
Interfere or attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the Site or Reed Smith, including, without limitation, via means of submitting a virus, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful, or otherwise harmful to the Site or Reed Smith, overloading, "flooding," "mailbombing," or "crashing."
Establish a link to our Site in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists.
Forge any TCP/IP packet header or any part of the header information in any e-mail.
Frame the contents of any part of the Site within any materials not originated by Reed Smith.
Conduct, facilitate, authorize, or permit any text or data mining or web scraping in relation to our Site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our Site for any purpose. This includes using (or permitting, authorizing or attempting the use of):
- Any "robot", "bot", "spider", "scraper" or other automated device, program, tool, algorithm, code, process or methodology to access, obtain, copy, monitor or republish any portion of our site or any data, content, information or services accessed via the same.
- Any automated analytical technique aimed at analyzing text and data in digital form to generate information which includes but is not limited to patterns, trends and correlations.

The provisions in this clause should be treated as an express reservation of our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU) 2019/790).

You shall not use, and we do not consent to the use of, our Site, or any data published by, or contained in, or accessible via, our Site or any services provided via, or in relation to, our Site for the purposes of developing, training, fine-tuning or validating any AI system or model.

Your Responsibility to Us For Any Loss or Damage

You agree to defend Reed Smith against all claims, demands, or actions arising from or incurred as a result of your breach of these Terms and Conditions (“Claim”) and you shall indemnify and hold us harmless from and against any expenses, losses, damages and costs (including but not limited to reasonable legal costs and disbursements) resulting from any such Claim. We have the right, at our expense, to assume exclusive defense against any Claim and all negotiations for settlement and you agree to cooperate with us, at our request, in the defense of any such Claim.

How to Terminate These Terms and Conditions

Our Terms and Conditions are effective unless and until terminated by either you or Reed Smith. You may terminate your acceptance of your agreement with us by discontinuing any further use of our Sites. Reed Smith may also terminate, discontinue or suspend our Terms and Conditions and any of our Sites at any time and may do so immediately without notice, and accordingly we may deny you access to any Site for any reason or no reason. Upon any termination of these Terms and Conditions by either you or us, you must promptly destroy all materials downloaded from any Site, as well as copies of such materials, whether made under the terms of this agreement or otherwise.

What Happens If Some of The Terms Are Found Invalid

If any provision of our Terms and Conditions is found to be invalid by any court having jurisdiction, the invalidity of such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of our Terms and Conditions, which shall remain in full force and effect. No waiver of any term of our Terms and Conditions shall be deemed a continuing waiver of such term or any other term.

No Other Terms Apply to Your Use of This Site

Except as provided herein, these Terms and Conditions, together with our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy which are incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and Reed Smith and your use of our Sites and supersede any prior understanding or agreements (written or oral).

Who Can Enforce These Terms and Conditions

Nothing in our Terms and Conditions is intended to confer on any third party (whether referred to in our Terms and Conditions by name, class, description or otherwise) any benefit or any right (under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 UK or otherwise) to enforce any provision of our Terms and Conditions or any agreement entered into in connection with it.

Which Country's Laws Apply to a Dispute

These Terms and Conditions, their subject matter and their formation (and any non-contractual disputes or claims) are governed by:

Country of Use	Governing Law	Exclusive Jurisdiction
Belgium	Belgian law	Arbitration under the rules of CEPANI
France	French law	Courts of France
Germany	German law	German Courts
Greece	Greek law	Courts of Athens, Greece
Hong Kong SAR	Hong Kong law	Arbitration administered by the Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre under HKIAC-administered arbitration rules in force when the Notice of Arbitration is submitted. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat of the arbitration shall be Hong Kong.
People’s Republic of China	English law	Arbitration under London Court of International Arbitration Rules with one arbitrator and the seat of the arbitration shall be London
Saudi Arabia	English law	Arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat of the arbitration shall be Dubai (the Dubai International Financial Centre), and the proceedings shall be conducted in the English language.
Singapore	Singapore law	Arbitration under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre Rules
United Arab Emirates	UAE law	Abu Dhabi: arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) Arbitration Centre. The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat, or legal place of the arbitration, shall be Abu Dhabi. Dubai: arbitration under the Arbitration Rules of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) The number of arbitrators shall be one. The seat, or legal place of the arbitration, shall be Dubai.
United Kingdom	English Law	London Court of International Arbitration Rules with one arbitrator and the seat of the arbitration shall be London
United States	United States law	American Arbitration Association mediation before a mediator selected by mutual agreement

No Attorney-Client Relationship

Each Site is presented for information purposes only. Your use of any of our Sites does not create an attorney-client relationship with Reed Smith, nor does such use constitute the receipt of legal advice from Reed Smith. The content of the Sites is not legal advice. Reed Smith’s acceptance of you as a client having conducted conflict checks and other business acceptance procedures is an integral and necessary component of becoming a client of Reed Smith.

No user of any of our Sites, whether or not the user is an existing client of Reed Smith, should act or refrain from acting based on the content of any of our Sites without seeking appropriate legal counsel from a properly licensed attorney. Although the information contained in each Site is not intended to be advertising, some material may be considered advertising under the professional rules of conduct in some states. Reed Smith is unable to represent a client that may come to the firm for legal assistance from a jurisdiction where the material provided on the relevant Site does not comply with local state ethics rules, if that client came to us directly as a result of material they viewed on such Site.

Site Content; Disclaimer and Limitation of Liability

OUR SITES AND ALL CONTENT ARE MADE AVAILABLE “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION ANY WARRANTY RELATING TO TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, MERCHANTABILITY, AND/OR FITNESS FOR PURPOSE. THERE IS NO GUARANTY OR ASSURANCE OUR SITES OR CONTENT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR USE OR THAT ALL CONTENT WILL BE AVAILABLE OR PERFORM AS DESCRIBED OR THAT ANY SITE OR CONTENT IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR ERROR FREE. ALTHOUGH REED SMITH ENDEAVORS TO ENSURE THAT THE CONTENT OF EACH SITE IS ACCURATE AND UP TO DATE (EVEN THOUGH IT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO DO SO), USERS SHOULD SEEK APPROPRIATE LEGAL ADVICE BEFORE TAKING OR REFRAINING FROM TAKING ANY ACTION BASED ON INFORMATION PROVIDED VIA SUCH SITE. THE CONTENTS OF EACH SITE SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGAL ADVICE. WE ARE NEITHER RESPONSIBLE NOR LIABLE FOR ANY MALICIOUS OR UNAUTHORIZED CODE, AND YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ENSURING YOU HAVE APPROPRIATE SCANNING AND PROTECTIVE MECHANISMS FOR THE SECURITY OF YOUR EQUIPMENT, PROGRAMS AND INFORMATION AND BY USING ANY OF OUR SITES YOU ARE ASSUMING ALL RISK OF LOSS THAT MAY ARISE OR BE ASSOCIATED WITH USE OF OUR SITES.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS, DAMAGE, COST AND EXPENSE OF ANY KIND, DIRECT AND INDIRECT, IN CONNECTION WITH OR ARISING FROM OUR SITES AND THEIR CONTENT, ANY ACTION TAKEN (OR NOT TAKEN) AS A RESULT OF USE, OR INABILITY TO USE, OUR SITE OR USE OF OR RELIANCE ON ANY CONTENT ON OUR SITE OR OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPENSATORY, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES, REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION OR BASIS OF CLAIM AND WHETHER OR NOT ANY PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGES.

THE FOREGOING PARAGRAPHS DO NOT ATTEMPT TO AFFECT ANY OF YOUR STATUTORY RIGHTS AS A CONSUMER OR OTHERWISE UNDER THE APPLICABLE LAW OF THE RELEVANT JURISDICTION. TO THE EXTENT THAT THESE EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY ARE EXPRESSLY PROHIBITED BY LAW THOSE PARTS OF THE CLAUSES THAT ARE PROHIBITED WILL NOT APPLY. THE REMAINING TERMS AND CLAUSES WILL CONTINUE TO APPLY. IF ANY LIMITATION OF DAMAGES OR LIABILITY IS PROHIBITED OR RESTRICTED BY LAW, WE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE MAXIMUM EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS PERMITTED; HOWEVER, IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR TOTAL LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS ($100).

Miscellaneous

Our Terms and Conditions cannot be modified except as described herein or in a written amendment signed by an authorized representative of ours. No electronic or digital communication of any kind is to be construed as a ‘writing’ for purposes of amending or modifying our Terms and Conditions or the rights or obligations of the parties hereunder. Any provision which must survive any termination of your agreement with us in order to allow us to enforce its meaning shall survive. You may not make or initiate any claim, demand or action against us, regardless of form or the basis of the claim, more than one (1) year after the cause of action has arisen (or if multiple causes, from the date the first such cause arose).

If we believe or have reason to believe or are notified of anything which could compromise or endanger the health or safety of any person, could damage persons or property (tangible or intangible), could adversely affect, infringe upon or misappropriate the rights of others, harasses or interferes with any other user, person, firm or enterprise, interferes with or by passes our security or other protective measures, violates any law or regulation or these Terms and Conditions, including our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy, we have the right, reserving cumulatively all other rights and remedies available to us at law, in equity and under our agreement with you, to report and provide information to any and all regulatory and law enforcement authorities and agencies and take any action permitted by law.

How to Contact Us

Further Information. Questions regarding these Terms and Conditions or notifications of any errors should be directed by email, or by mail in the United Kingdom to the General Counsel EMEA, Reed Smith LLP, 1 Blossom Yard, London E1 6RS or, in the United States to the Chief Legal Officer, Reed Smith LLP, Reed Smith Center, 225 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222.