Hoyos & Associates P.C. (“Hoyos & Associates” or “H&A”) is a law firm structured as a New York State Professional Corporation that operates through several professional firms and constituent entities (the “Related Firms”) located worldwide to provide legal and other client-related professional services. The Related Firms are constituted and regulated under relevant local regulatory and legal requirements. Hoyos & Associates is for description purposes only and does not imply that the Related Firms are in a partnership. The responsibility for providing services to the client is defined in writing, whether in a digital or physical format, which outlines terms of engagement between the Related Firm and the client.

In accordance with the customary terminology used in professional services organizations, references to "partner" or "shareholder," as is common, means a person who is a partner, shareholder, or equivalent in a Related Firm, and reference to a “location” means the location of the office of any such Related Firm.

The Hoyos & Associates Web Site(s) and the Information Feed (As defined in the End-User Agreement, which requires prior consent) on the Web App, as well as any Web Site operated for or on behalf of H&A or any Related Firm, are intended for information purposes only. Nothing on the H&A Web Sites is to be considered as creating an attorney-client relationship, any contractual relationship, or rendering legal or professional advice for any specific matter. Readers are responsible for obtaining such advice from their own legal counsel. No client or reader should act or refrain from acting based on any H&A Web Site(s) content without first obtaining matter-specific legal and/or professional advice. H&A and any Related Firm accept no responsibility for any loss or damage, howsoever incurred, which may result from accessing or reliance on content on the H&A Web Site(s) and disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any or all liability concerning acts or omissions made by clients or readers based on content on the H&A Web Site(s).

If you have any questions about the content on the H&A Web Site, please contact:

Mateo Hoyos, Chief Executive Officer, at mateo@hoyos.law.

The H&A Web Site(s) or Web App may contain links to external Web Sites, and external Web Sites may link to the H&A Web Site(s) or Web App. H&A and the Related Firms are not responsible for the content or operation of any such external sites and disclaims all liability, howsoever occurring, regarding the content or operation of any such external Web Sites.

Some of the H&A Web Site(s) and the Web App content may constitute attorney advertising within the meaning of the applicable bar rules. As applicable, the following statement is made in accordance with those rules:

ATTORNEY ADVERTISING. PRIOR RESULTS DO NOT GUARANTEE A SIMILAR OUTCOME.

Anti-corruption and anti-bribery

H&A must comply with various anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws across many jurisdictions, including, but without limitation, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Firm, its lawyers, employees, clients, and suppliers have various obligations under these laws. We comply with these obligations and advise our clients on how to comply. As a Firm, we have robust policies, training, and procedures to ensure compliance with anti-corruption and anti-bribery laws globally, where applicable.

E-mail Communications

NOTICE: If you have received an e-mail from H&A, the e-mail message and all attachments transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the addressee and may contain legally privileged and confidential information. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying, or other use of the message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received a message in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to the message and delete it from your computer.

PLEASE NOTE that we and an external service provider will automatically scan all incoming emails to eliminate unsolicited promotional emails (“spam”). This could result in the deletion of a legitimate email before its intended recipient at our firm reads it. Please let us know if you have concerns about this automatic filtering.

Information About Fraudulent Emails and Phone Calls Referencing H&A

H&A is a law firm that operates directly in three (3) jurisdictions and indirectly in various locations, employing lawyers and support staff in these jurisdictions. Our Firm may sometimes attract the attention of unscrupulous individuals who falsely claim to work for H&A and/or use our Firm’s name to advance fraudulent schemes against innocent people.

These sorts of scams and other security risks are rampant on the Internet, and we recommend you take steps to protect yourself and the security of your information. While we routinely report such abuses to law enforcement agencies, the nature, and volume of these scams and frauds make it impossible for our Firm to prevent the misuse of H&A's name and the names of our lawyers.

Among the various recent misrepresentations referencing H&A are:

1. individuals falsely claiming to be from H&A and making offers of employment or soliciting personal information or job application fees via email (often purporting to conduct “interviews” online via virtual meeting platforms with no in-person or even telephonic interviews) or supposedly on behalf of a company using H&A as a legal reference or point of contact for such purposes; individuals falsely claiming to be from H&A or sending fake invoices seeking payment, including wire transfer instructions;
2. individuals falsely claiming to be H&A lawyers handling consumer debt collection cases and threatening wage garnishment or arrest if funds are not provided immediately;
3. individuals falsely claiming to be H&A lawyers requesting to facilitate payment of money urgently for the benefit of a family member who has been in an automobile accident or other emergency;
4. individuals falsely claiming to be from H&A and forwarding supposed court notices that require an immediate response.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF SCAMS; NEW ONES ARE BEING DEVISED BY CRIMINALS ALL THE TIME.

What should you do? To report a potential e-mail, telephone, or other scam, we recommend you contact the relevant police or government authorities in your jurisdiction. For example, you can file reports in the US with the following government authorities:

• Federal Bureau of Investigation online at Internet Crime Complaint Center
• Federal Trade Commission online at FTC's Report Fraud Web Site

If you receive an email or threatening telephone call from someone claiming to be from H&A and offering employment or seeking payment of money or personal information, we suggest:

• Communicate with such person using only the contact information provided on our Web Site or Web App, www.hoyos.law. Do not communicate via other email addresses, telephone numbers, or text messaging. For example, if the sender is using a non-H&A email address and/or justifies this on the basis that an H&A account is not working, you should insist on contacting the sender only via the contact information on our Web Site.
• Attempt to independently verify, including by telephone, the legitimacy of the caller’s identity, for example, by contacting the Firm’s General Counsel.
• Do not send any money to the email sender or caller.
• Do not provide the email sender or caller with personal or financial information about yourself, such as your bank accounts or credit card numbers.
• Report the fraudulent email or call to the police or other relevant authorities.

In addition, if you receive a suspicious email referencing our Firm or appearing to be from our Firm (e.g., from a "spoofed" H&A email address, which does not end in “@hoyos.law” ), we suggest the following:

• Do not open or click on any links contained in the email.
• Do not open or download any attachments to the email.
• Do not respond to the email in any way or provide any personal or confidential information in reply to the email.
• Do not send any money in response to the email.
• If applicable, forward the suspicious email to your organization’s IT Department and ask that they inspect the message to determine legitimacy.
• Delete (permanently) the message from your email account.

If you have questions about your computer’s security or suspect it has been compromised, we recommend you contact your information technology support team, computer manufacturer, or Internet service provider.

H&A is not involved in the scams listed above or any other scams. Note that we do not conduct Firm business via web-based email accounts such as gmail.com, hotmail.com, yahoo.com, or personal email addresses. We generally do not conduct firm business through text messages or instant messaging. Neither H&A nor its lawyers or employees can accept any responsibility for the criminal conduct of a third party claiming to use the Firm's name. If you have any concerns or receive suspicious communications referencing H&A, please contact our General Counsel at the telephone number or email address shown on this web page.

Notice of Copyright and Reproduction

Copyright 2024 H&A. All rights reserved.

The content of the H&A Web Sites is protected, the reproduction of reasonable portions of the content of the Web Sites is permitted provided that (i) such reproductions are made available free of charge and for non-commercial purposes, (ii) such reproductions are appropriately attributed to H&A, (iii) the portion of the Web Site being reproduced is not altered or made available in a manner that modifies the content of the web site or presents the portion of the web site being reproduced in a false light and (iv) notice is made to the disclaimers included on the Web Site. The permission to re-copy does not allow for incorporation of any substantial portion of the Web Sites in any work or publication, whether in hard copy, electronic, or any other form or for commercial purposes.

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