1.  Application of these Website Terms of Use

1.1.    These Website Terms of Use govern users (“you,” “your”) access to and use of  www.blackrockconsulting.net  (the “Website”). By accessing this Website you agree to these Website Terms of Use, which are legally binding on you.

1.2.    This Website is owned and operated by Blackrock Consulting, an Irish registered business name 18-19 College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (“Blackrock Consulting”)

2.  Purpose Specification and Permitted Use of this Website

2.1.    The purpose of this Website is to provide information on the services of Blackrock Consulting in the field of business and financial consultancy of privately owned companies, to facilitate contact of potential vendors and buyers interested in such services and to arrange meetings and other events for such interested parties with a view to Blackrock Consulting providing such services under contract. This Website also provides you with access to our latest blog posts.

2.2.    Your access to and use of this Website is permitted by Blackrock Consulting for the purpose of viewing the information contained on this Website relating to Blackrock Consulting services, contacting and communicating with Blackrock Consulting about their services and arranging to attend meetings other events hosted by Blackrock Consulting in order to obtain further information from Blackrock Consulting.

2.3.    You may print one copy of the web pages published on this Website (including any online publications such as our latest blog posts) for internal use only, provided that you reproduce the web pages accurately without modification and that you do not use such copies of web pages for commercial gain or in a misleading context and that any copyright notices and trademarks that appear on any copied web pages are not removed from such copies.

2.4.    You agree that you must obtain Blackrock Consulting written permission in advance if you wish to use material or works on this Website for any other purposes than those permitted above.

3.  Restrictions on Use of this Website

3.1.    You will not copy, sell, rent, lease, license, sublicense, grant any rights in, transfer, distribute or otherwise assign or purport to assign to any third party the whole or any part of this Website (including blog posts and articles which you may obtain from this Website).

3.2.    At any time and without further notification, Blackrock Consulting reserves the right to remove any information or materials posted or otherwise introduced onto this Website by you that it considers in its sole discretion breaches these Website Terms of Use and in particular as set out below.

3.3.    You agree that your access to and use of this Website will not involve any action to interfere with this Website’s operation or wilfully introduce any damaging data or computer virus to this Website, and you will not attempt to access, modify or delete any information on this Website or to post or otherwise introduce onto this Website any misleading material or material which may bring Blackrock Consulting into disrepute.

3.4.    You agree that your access to and use of this Website will not involve any action to post or otherwise introduce onto this Website any unlawful information or materials including but not limited to defamatory, sexually explicit, abusive or obscene information or materials of any kind or material that violates any person’s Intellectual Property Rights or other legal rights.

4.  Requesting Information and Use of Blackrock Consulting Services

4.1.    On this Website facility is provided for you to register your personal details with Blackrock Consulting indicating interest in being contacted by Blackrock Consulting regarding provision of their services or other event by submitting an online form. Blackrock Consulting will use all reasonable endeavours to respond to all such requests by you promptly and efficiently.

4.2.    You are responsible for providing accurate and complete information on information request forms on this Website and Blackrock Consulting will not be liable for any errors made by you. In the event that Blackrock Consulting does not respond to any such request, Blackrock Consulting kindly requests that you re-submit your request or telephone Blackrock Consulting on the number indicated on this Website.

4.3.    Processing of your personal data provided by you will be carried out by Blackrock Consulting in accordance with Blackrock Consulting Privacy Policy.

4.4.    In the event that you may wish to use the services of Blackrock Consulting as outlined on this Website you acknowledge and accept that further information must be sought from Blackrock Consulting and negotiation of a specific contract between you and Blackrock Consulting in relation to the provision of Blackrock Consulting services will be required before Blackrock Consulting provides services to you.

5.  Disclaimers and Liability

5.1.    Nothing in these Website Terms of Use will exclude or restrict Blackrock Consulting liability for fraudulent misrepresentation and/or for death or personal injury arising as a result of Blackrock Consulting negligence.

5.2.    Whilst Blackrock Consulting uses all reasonable endeavours to ensure that the information and materials provided on this Website are accurate and complete, Blackrock Consulting makes no representation or warranty as to the quality, suitability, accuracy or completeness or otherwise of any of the information and materials provided on this Website which are provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis, and reliance on such information and materials by you are at your own risk.

5.3.    This Website is provided via a server through the Internet and as a result Blackrock Consulting cannot warrant that this Website will function consistently or be uninterrupted or error free at all times. Accordingly, errors and downtime may occur in relation to this Website from time to time and whilst Blackrock Consulting will use all reasonable efforts to remedy the same Blackrock Consulting cannot warrant that such errors will be corrected or that such downtime will be resolved promptly, particularly where such errors and downtime are caused by third parties or events outside Blackrock Consulting control.

5.4.    Blackrock Consulting cannot and does not warrant that this Website and the servers that make it available via the Internet are free of viruses or other harmful data (which may include worms, Trojan horses, cancel-bots, or other harmful and destructive components) which may damage your computer equipment or lead to loss or corruption of data, and Blackrock Consulting will not be liable for any such damage whatsoever. Accordingly, Blackrock Consulting recommends that at all times when accessing and using this Website you use sufficient anti-virus software.

5.5.    Blackrock Consulting hereby excludes liability whether in contract, tort, by statute or otherwise in respect of any special, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your use of this Website or the information and materials contained on this Website including without limitation: loss of revenue or profits, loss of business, loss of goodwill, loss or corruption of data and/or downtime.

6.  Hyperlinks and Banners

6.1.    You acknowledge and accept that this Website may contain links to third party websites and/or portals (“Links”). Such Links are provided for your convenience only and Blackrock Consulting will not be liable for the web content accessible via such Links or the availability websites accessible via such Links. If you click on a Link you leave this Website and do so at your own risk.

6.2.    The existence of Links on this Website does not imply that Blackrock Consulting in any way endorses or is associated with the owners of the websites accessible via such Links or that the owners of websites accessible via any such Link are authorised to use any copyright material, trade mark or logo of Blackrock Consulting.

7.  Intellectual Property Rights

7.1.    The materials and works on this Website are copyright works owned absolutely by Blackrock Consulting which is the owner of all copyright, trade mark, patent, trade secret, or other proprietary rights whether unregistered or registered anywhere in the world (“Intellectual Property Rights”) in the content on this Website unless otherwise stated. Where there are third party materials or works reproduced on this Website (including in Links on this Website), Blackrock Consulting is not the owner of the Intellectual Property Rights in such third party materials and works and does not grant you permission to use or reproduce them under this clause 2. In the event that you wish to use or reproduce such third party materials and works you must contact the third party owner directly, over which Blackrock Consulting has no control.

7.2.    Blackrock Consulting does not warrant that any material or content posted or otherwise introduced onto this Website by users of this Website or provided by third parties will be truthful, accurate or honest or that such material or content does not infringe the Intellectual Property Rights or other rights of any third party and will Blackrock Consulting be not liable or responsible for any such material or content. Blackrock Consulting will make reasonable efforts to remove any such offending or infringing material or content from this Website upon notification of an alleged infringement.

7.3.    You agree that you will direct any complaint or action regarding any alleged infringement of Intellectual Property Rights or other rights relating to the material and content on this Website to Blackrock Consulting via the relevant contact form on this Website.

8.  Termination

8.1.    Your authorisation to use this Website will automatically terminate if you breach any of these Website Terms of Use.

8.2.    Any breach of these Website Terms of Use will entitle Blackrock Consulting to immediately terminate your access to and use of this Website with or without notice, and to delete any information or materials posted by you or otherwise introduced by you onto this Website.

8.3.    In the event of termination of your access to and use of this Website by Blackrock Consulting you agree that you will immediately destroy any copies of downloaded or printed materials in your possession.

9.  General

9.1.   Blackrock Consulting reserves the right to modify these Website Terms of Use at any time without notice. Any such modification will be effective and binding immediately on posting on this Website. Amendments to these Website Terms of Use will not be valid unless they are made in writing in this way by Blackrock Consulting.

9.2.    Failure by either party to insist upon strict performance of any provision of these Website Terms of Use will not constitute a waiver of that provision nor affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Website Terms of Use.

9.3.    If any provision in these Website Terms of Use is found to be invalid or unenforceable by any authority having competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unenforceability will not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of these Website Terms of Use, which will remain in full force and effect.

10.  Jurisdiction and Governing Law

10.1.    Blackrock Consulting does not represent or warrant that the information on this Website complies with the regulatory regime of any other country than Ireland. If you access this Website from other locations outside Ireland you do so entirely on your own risk and you are responsible for compliance with local laws.

10.2.    These Website Terms of Use will be governed by Irish law and the parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts.