General
- These are the general terms and conditions of Woodland Legal Finance Tax BV (Woodland Tax). Woodland Tax is a private limited liability company incorporated under the laws of the Netherlands, with its statutory seat in Gouda, and registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce under number 81471297.
- These general terms and conditions apply to all services performed by Woodland Tax for its clients (the client).
- Any (legal) person who has been engaged or involved by Woodland Tax in the performance of any assignment or service, as well as all (legal) persons for whose acts or omissions Woodland Tax could be liable, may rely on these general terms and conditions. The applicable provisions of these general terms and conditions constitute irrevocable third-party clauses for the benefit of such (legal) persons.
- The applicability of the client’s general terms and conditions is expressly rejected by Woodland Tax.
Assignments
- All assignments are accepted and carried out exclusively by Woodland Tax. The applicability of Articles 7:404 and 7:407(2) of the Dutch Civil Code is expressly excluded.
- Woodland Tax is authorised to engage third parties in connection with the performance of assignments. When engaging third parties, Woodland Tax will exercise due care. Woodland Tax is not liable for damages resulting from shortcomings of such third parties. Woodland Tax assumes, and hereby stipulates, if necessary, that each assignment includes the authority to accept any limitations of liability of such third parties also on behalf of the client.
- Assignments given to Woodland Tax never extend to advice on foreign law.
- Assignments are carried out exclusively for the benefit of the client. Third parties cannot derive any rights from their content. If the client, with Woodland Tax’s prior written consent, informs third parties of the results of work performed by Woodland Tax, the client is obliged to notify such third parties of this in writing.
- The client indemnifies Woodland Tax against all claims by third parties, including reasonable legal costs, that in any way relate to or arise from the work performed for the client, except in cases of intent or gross negligence on the part of Woodland Tax.
Fees and collection
- Unless otherwise agreed, the fee will be calculated on the basis of the number of hours worked multiplied by the applicable hourly rates. Expenses, disbursements, and VAT will be charged separately. Woodland Tax is entitled to periodically adjust its (hourly) rates.
- Woodland Tax invoices in writing or electronically, monthly (unless otherwise agreed), and in euros. Invoices must be paid within fourteen (14) days of the invoice date, failing which the client is in default. In that case, the client is obliged to reimburse Woodland Tax for all judicial and extrajudicial collection costs, including full attorney’s fees incurred for that purpose, as well as statutory (commercial) interest.
Liability and expiry
- Any liability of Woodland Tax is limited to three times the amount that Woodland Tax has charged and received as fees (excluding VAT) in the past 12 months in relation to the work to which the event causing the damage relates or is connected, with a maximum of three hundred thousand euros (EUR 300,000).
- All rights of action and other powers of the client against Woodland Tax in connection with work performed by Woodland Tax lapse once a period of one year has passed after the day on which the client became aware, or reasonably should have become aware, of the existence of such rights and powers.
- The limitations and exclusions of liability, expiry periods, and indemnities contained in these general terms and conditions also apply to all non-contractual claims of the client against Woodland Tax, insofar as they relate to the performance of an assignment by Woodland Tax.
Reporting obligations, client due diligence, and anti-money-laundering measures
- Based on statutory provisions (including the Dutch Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Act) applicable to us, we are required to conduct due diligence on our clients and persons associated with our clients. This includes that we must have certain information and documents. You undertake to provide us with all information and documents we request in order to comply with our obligations under applicable laws and regulations, our internal policies, and our procedures.
- Based on statutory provisions applicable to us, we may be required to provide certain information to authorities. This includes reporting transactions to local authorities (including the Financial Intelligence Unit) and reporting obligations under Directive (EU) 2018/822 on reportable cross-border arrangements.
Data and privacy
- In the context of our assignment, we will process certain personal data. For more information on how we process personal data, we refer to our Privacy Statement available on our website www.woodlandtax.nl.
- We may use digital or other services, whether provided by third parties or not, such as telecommunications services, software programs, applications for sending, sharing, or storing data digitally or in the cloud or otherwise, the internet, and so on. As a result of using these digital services, data may be processed on servers or in a cloud controlled by third parties. We will exercise due care in selecting such third parties and digital services. We are not liable for any acts and/or omissions of these parties (including their insolvency or default) or for damage or loss resulting from the use, unavailability, loss, or limited use of such digital services.
- We retain electronic and paper files for the period required under the professional rules and legislation applicable to us. After this period, we may delete these files.
Other
- Woodland Tax is not affiliated with a third-party funds foundation, nor does Woodland Tax hold a third-party funds account.
- The professional rules of, respectively, (i) the Dutch Bar Association (NOvA) and (ii) the Dutch Association of Tax Advisers (NOB) apply to the services provided by our lawyers and tax advisers.
- An office complaints procedure applies. This procedure can be consulted on the Woodland Tax website.
- All legal relationships between the client and Woodland Tax are governed by Dutch law. This applies to both contractual and non-contractual legal relationships. The competent court in Rotterdam has exclusive jurisdiction to hear disputes between Woodland Tax and the client.
- These general terms and conditions are drawn up in Dutch and English. In the event of any dispute regarding the content or interpretation of these general terms and conditions, the Dutch text shall be binding.
- Woodland Tax is entitled to amend or supplement these general terms and conditions.
Version January 1st 2026