Information pursuant to the German Act on Mandatory Information in the Services Sector (Dienstleistungs-Informationspflichten-Verordnung) and the German Teleservices Act (Telemediengesetz):

Sidley Austin LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership, practicing in affiliation with other Sidley Austin partnerships.

The German attorneys (Rechtsanwälte) of the Frankfurt office of Sidley Austin LLP are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany and are members of the Frankfurt bar:

Rechtsanwaltskammer Frankfurt am Main
Bockenheimer Anlage 36
60322 Frankfurt am Main
www.rechtsanwaltskammer-ffm.de

Attorneys also qualified as tax advisers (Steuerberater) and acting in this capacity are admitted within the Federal Republic of Germany to practice as tax advisers and are members of the Chamber of Tax Advisors (Steuerberaterkammer):

Steuerberaterkammer Hessen
Gutleutstraße 175
60327 Frankfurt am Main
www.stbk-hessen.de

Our German lawyers are insured with the following professional indemnity insurance:

AXA Versicherung AG
Niederlassung Frankfurt
Lise-Meitner-Straße 4
60486 Frankfurt am Main

Please note that pursuant to the German Federal Lawyers’ Act (Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung), German lawyers are obligated to maintain a professional indemnity insurance with a minimum coverage amount of 250,000 EUR for each insured event. Please refer to section 51 of the German Federal Lawyers’ Act for details.

The VAT Identification No. (pursuant to section 27a of the German Value Added Tax Act) is DE 246 302 450.

For engagements undertaken by Sidley’s Frankfurt office, the following provisions on professional responsibility laws and, unless otherwise agreed, laws relating to fees apply:

Bundesrechtsanwaltsordnung (BRAO)
Berufsordnung (BORA)
Fachanwaltsordnung (FAO)
Rechtsanwaltsvergütungsgesetz (RVG)
Berufsregeln der Rechtsanwälte der Europäischen Union (CCBE)
Steuerberatungsgesetz (StBerG)
Durchführungsverordnung zum Steuerberatungsgesetz (DVStB)
Berufsordnung der Bundessteuerberaterkammer (BOStB)
Steuerberatergebührenverordnung (StBGebV).

The provisions on the professional responsibility laws can be accessed via the homepage of the German Federal Bar (Bundesrechtsanwaltskammer) www.brak.de and the German Federal Chamber of Tax Advisors (Bundessteuerberaterkammer) www.bstbk.de in German and English.

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