Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

Linklaters is not authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") under FSMA. However, we are included on the register maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority so that we can carry on insurance distribution activity, which is broadly the advising on, selling and administration of insurance contracts. This part of our business, including arrangements for complaints or redress if something goes wrong, is regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (the “SRA”) (SRA ID 460682). The register can be accessed via the FCA website at www.fca.org.uk/firms/financial-services/register.

This means we can provide investment-related services (including insurance distribution activities) where they are an incidental part of the professional services we have been engaged to provide, if they can reasonably be regarded as a necessary part of our professional services or otherwise permitted under FSMA.

We are only permitted to communicate invitations or inducements to engage in investment activities (“financial promotions”) where these have been approved by an authorised person or are exempt from the requirement for such approval. We are retained only to provide legal and, where applicable, tax advice to our clients and nothing that we say or do should be construed as advice to anybody on the investment or financial merits of acquiring or disposing of particular investments, including insurance contracts, or as an invitation or inducement to anybody to engage in investment-related activities (including insurance distribution activities). Also, we do not act as brokers of investment transactions.

If for any reason our clients and we are unable to resolve a problem between us regarding the carrying on of investment-related activities (including insurance distribution activities), those clients have access to the complaints and redress mechanisms provided through the SRA and the Legal Ombudsman.

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