Thank you for visiting www.stirlingsquare.com (the "Website"), the website of Stirling Square Capital Partners, LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales at 10 Duke of York Square, London, SW3 4LY, with company no. OC303225, which is authorised and regulated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") ("Stirling Square")

These Website Terms and Conditions (as amended from time to time) describe how we offer the Website for your use and the rules that you must comply with when using the Website (the "Terms"). 

By using our Website you accept these Terms and agree to comply with the rules set out in these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not use our Website. 

All references to Stirling Square in these Terms include Stirling Square's officers, partners, members, employees, consultants, authorised agents and sub-contractors. "Our", "we" and "us" means Stirling Square; "you" and "your" includes, where applicable, any person who accesses the Website on your behalf. "Includes" means includes or including without limitation.‍

Contact us‍

Should you need to contact us, please email us at gdpr@stirlingsquare.com or write a letter to the address set out above.

If you wish discuss or complain about any content, or you become aware of any material that is illegal or could be used to compromise or be connected to illegal activity, please contact use immediately at gdpr@stirlingsquare.com.‍

Use of our Website‍

Our Website is made available free of charge.

We do not guarantee that our Website, or any content on it, will always be available or be uninterrupted. We may suspend or withdraw or restrict the availability of all or any part of our Website. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any suspension or withdrawal.

You must:

• use our Website only for lawful purposes;
• configure your own information technology, computer programmes and platform to access our Website;
• use your own virus protection software; and
• ensure that all persons who access our site through your Internet connection are aware of these Terms and other applicable terms and conditions, and that they comply with them.

You must not:

• reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our Website; or
  use our Website:
• in any way that is unlawful or fraudulent or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect;
• to bully, insult, intimidate or humiliate anyone; or
  to transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam);
• misuse our Website by knowingly introducing viruses, trojans, worms, logic bombs or other material that is malicious or technologically harmful;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to our Website, the server on which our Website is stored, or any server, computer or database connected to our Website; or
• attack our Website via a denial-of-service attack or a distributed denial-of service attack.

Rules about linking to the Website

You may link to our home page for non-commercial purposes, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. You must ensure that the destination to which you link our Website does not contain any material that is offensive, discriminatory, illegal, harassing, or otherwise objectionable.

You must not:

• establish a link to our Website in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists;
• establish a link to our Website in any website that is not owned by you;
  frame our Website on any other website, nor create a link to any part of our Website other than the home page; or
• provide a link that portrays us or any of our services in a false, misleading, derogatory, or defamatory manner.

We may withdraw linking permission without notice.

Intellectual Property

“Intellectual Property Rights” means: (a) any and all intellectual or industrial property rights existing under any Laws anywhere in the world, whether registered or unregistered, including patents, utility model rights, rights in layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits, rights in trade secrets, rights in confidential information and know-how, design rights, copyrights (including rights in software), neighbouring rights, database rights or other rights in compilations of data, and any and all rights of a similar nature, and (b) all applications and rights to apply for any of such aforementioned intellectual or industrial property rights, including registrations, renewals and extensions, anywhere in the world;

The content and all Intellectual Property Rights of the Website is owned by or licensed to Stirling Square. You may not transmit, reproduce, modify, copy, distribute or use for commercial purposes any of the materials or content of the Website without the prior consent of Stirling Square. You may copy or download extracts of any of the materials or content of the Website for your personal use, provided that you acknowledge our status and that of any identified contributors as authors.

By accessing or using the Website, you agree not to engage in, facilitate, authorise, or permit any data mining, data scraping, data harvesting, or any other unauthorised collection of data from this website, including but not limited to automated or manual processes of extracting or harvesting data, such as the use of any robot, bot, spider, scraper or other device, program, algorithm or process, or any automated analytical technique aimed at analysing collected data in digital form to generate information. We expressly reserve our rights in this regard, including for the purposes of Article 4(3) of the Digital Copyright Directive ((EU)2018/790). This provision shall not apply to the extent that we are unable to exclude or limit such activity by contract under any applicable laws.

Content on the Website

The content on our Website is provided for general information only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from taking, any action on the basis of the content on our Website.

Although we make reasonable efforts to update the information on our Website, we make no representations, warranties or guarantees, whether express or implied, that the content on our Website is accurate, complete or up to date.

We may run advertisements and promotions from third parties on our Website or provide information about or links to third-party products, websites, resources or services on our Website, but we have no control over the content thereof. Your dealings or correspondence with, or participation in promotions of, any such third parties, and any terms, conditions, warranties, or representations associated with such dealings, correspondence, or promotions, are solely between you and the applicable third party. We are not responsible or liable for any loss or damage of any sort incurred as the result of any such dealings, correspondence, or promotions or as the result of the presence of such advertisers or third-party information made available through our Website.

Our Website may include information and materials uploaded by other users of the Website. This information and these materials have not been verified or approved by us. The views expressed by other users on our Website do not represent our views or values.

Amendments to these Terms

We may amend these Terms from time to time. Every time you wish to use our Website, please check these Terms to ensure you understand the terms that apply at that time.

We may update and change our Website from time to time to reflect changes to our services, our users’ needs and our business priorities. We will try to give you reasonable notice of any major changes.

If you do not agree to a change, you must discontinue your use of our Website. Your continued use of our Website after the date that a change becomes effective constitutes your acceptance of the change. 

Your privacy

For information about how we may collect and use any personal information about you, please see our Privacy Policy.

For information about how we use cookies and similar technologies, please see our Cookie Policy.

Regulatory Matters

The information on this Website is provided for general information purposes only and does not constitute professional or financial advice. Information on this site may not be accurate or current and may be rendered inaccurate by changes in law or regulation. Under no circumstances should the information contained in this Website be considered to constitute or form part of: (i) an offer by Stirling Square of, solicitation of an offer by, or recommendation by Stirling Square to acquire, dispose of or otherwise deal in any goods, services or investments; (ii) an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity or a financial promotion of any kind whatsoever; or (iii) financial, legal, tax, investment or other advice. You should seek individual advice from an appropriate independent financial and/or other professional adviser before making any investment or financial decision or applying for or using any such investment related service or product. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Website is directly solely, and to the extent that any aspect of this Website nonetheless constitutes a financial promotion, it has been issued in the United Kingdom by Stirling Square, at (i) existing customers of Stirling Square and/or (ii) persons who would be classified as "professional clients" and "eligible counterparties" (as defined in Chapter 3 of the FCA conduct of business rules sourcebook ("COBS") if taken on as customers by Stirling Square and/or (iii) persons who would come within Article 14 (investment professionals) or come within Article 22 ("high net worth companies, unincorporated associations, etc.") of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Promotion of Collective Investment Schemes) (Exemptions) Order 2001 (as amended) and/ or (iv) persons to whom this communication could otherwise be lawfully made in the United Kingdom (together, "relevant persons").  The contents of this Website must not be acted on or relied on by persons who are not relevant persons. Any investment or investment activity to which this site relates is available only to relevant persons and will be engaged in only with relevant persons. Note it is expressly not targeted at retail clients (as defined in Chapter 3 of COBS). As such, the protections afforded under the FCA rules to retails clients will not apply and compensation under the Financial Services Compensation Scheme shall not apply.

If it is illegal or prohibited in your country to access or use this site, then you should not do so. You are responsible for compliance with all local laws and regulations.

Limitation of liability

The information published on this Website is provided for general informational purposes only and is subject to change without notice. Stirling Square accepts no liability for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained herein, nor does it assume any responsibility to update such information. Stirling Square cannot guarantee that the content of the Website is accurate or complete and no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, are given in this regard.

This Website may from time-to-time contain links to third-party websites ("Third Party Sites"), over which Stirling Square has no control. Stirling Square does not assume any responsibility or liability for the content of Third Party Sites. Stirling Square does not monitor or endorse the content of Third Party Sites and will not be responsible for the availability of such sites.

Your use of our Website is at your sole risk. Our Website is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Stirling Square disclaims all liability for any loss or damage that you might incur as a result of accessing or using this Website or any link to a third-party website contained herein, including, for the avoidance of doubt, compensatory, direct, indirect or consequential damages, loss of data, income or profit, loss of or damage to property and claims of third parties.

Consequences if you do not use our Website in accordance with these Terms

If we find that you have not used our Website in accordance with these Terms, we may take any action we deem appropriate, for example:

• immediately withdrawing your right to use our Website (either temporarily or permanently);
• issuing a warning to you;
• instituting legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from your misuse of our Website;
• taking further legal action against you; and/or
• disclosing any information to a law enforcement or other supervisory authority as we reasonably feel is necessary or is required by law.

Financial Statements / Performance Information

To the extent that the Website contains any forward-looking statements, they will be based upon the expectations, projections and opinions of Stirling Square as at the time of publication. Actual results may differ significantly from those anticipated in any forward-looking statement on the Website. Stirling Square does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statement on the Website. Past investment performance is not an indication of future results and such information on the Website should not be relied upon.

Governing Law

The laws of England and Wales govern these Terms and your use of the Website. It is technically possible for you to obtain access to this Website from any country in the world, and we have no practical ability to prevent such access. We designed this Website to comply with the laws of England and Wales. We operate in various countries throughout the world and comply with the laws of the countries in which we operate. If any material on this Website, or your use of it, is contrary to the laws where you are, we do not intend you to use the Website, and we ask you not to use it.

Miscellaneous

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part, the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of these Terms will not be impacted.

No waiver. A failure to exercise, or a delay in exercising, a right or remedy provided by these Terms or under applicable Law does not constitute a waiver of such right or remedy or a waiver of any other rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of a right or remedy provided by these Terms or under applicable law will prevent the further exercise of such right or remedy or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

Third party rights. Nothing in these Terms comprise a stipulation in favour of any third party or will confer upon any third party any right or benefit, whether under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 or otherwise.

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This policy was last reviewed/updated: 20 October 2023.