Your membership and participation in TAZ LONDON Sales ops Partners are subject to the following terms and conditions (these “Terms & Conditions”). As used herein, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, “TAZ LONDON” and “TAZ LONDON” mean TAZ LONDON LTD, the sole owner and operator of TAZ LONDON Sales Ops Partners. By checking the box below, you agree to be bound by these Terms & Conditions, as modified by us from time to time in our sole discretion, and that these Terms & Conditions supersede any prior terms and conditions between you and TAZ LONDON. This is a legally binding agreement. Any breach by you of these Terms & Conditions may result, among other things, in immediate termination of your membership and participation in TAZ LONDON Partners.
OVERVIEW
TAZ LONDON Sales Ops Partners is a network of practitioners, professionals, project managers and academics in various industries that provide consulting and out-sourcing services to TAZ LONDON’s clients (each, a “Client” and collectively, “Clients”). TAZ LONDON’s Clients are institutional enterprises, small medium business companies, start-ups, consulting firms, corporations and others who perform projects. Based on Clients’ needs, we will contact appropriate members in TAZ LONDON Sales Ops Partners (each, an “Partner” and collectively, “Partners”) to ascertain whether they are suitable and available for a project (“Project”), such as a consultation, business development, task management, planning, operation, analysis, administration, research, teleconference, meeting or discussion group.
TAZ LONDON strives to conduct its business in an ethical and honest manner and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Partners play a crucial role as critical participants in fulfilling TAZ LONDON’s commitment to compliance and integrity. You agree to comply in every respect with the TAZ LONDON Code of Conduct (the “Code”) available at Code of Conduct in connection with your membership and participation in the network, including with respect to all interactions with TAZ LONDON employees, Clients, other Advisors and anyone else involved in a particular Project or your participation generally.
CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP IN TAZ LONDON PARTNERS AND PARTICIPATION IN CONSULTING PROJECTS
You may become a Partner and participate in a Project if, and only if, all of the following compliance conditions are satisfied:
1. Your membership and participation would not present any conflict of interest.
2. Your membership and participation would not cause you to breach any agreement with or other legal obligation to any person or entity (including, but not limited to, your employer, your previous employers or any person or entity to which, or through which, you provide or have provided consulting services).
3. Your membership and participation would not cause you to violate any duty or obligation of any kind to, or policy or code of conduct of, any person or entity (including, but not limited to, your employer, your previous employers or any company to which, or through which, you provide or have provided consulting services).
4. Your membership and participation would not result in the disclosure of any confidential or proprietary information (including trade secrets) not owned exclusively by you.
5. Your membership and participation would not result in any communication or disclosure to any third party of any material non-public information concerning any public company or security.
6. Your membership and participation would not violate any law, rule or regulation.
YOU MUST DECLINE OR DISCONTINUE PARTICIPATION IN ANY PROJECT THAT WOULD RESULT IN A VIOLATION OF ANY OF THE CONDITIONS ABOVE.
You are solely responsible for determining whether you are permitted to join TAZ LONDON Partners and to participate in Projects. Before applying to join TAZ LONDON Partners, you must review any and all legal agreements that could restrict your ability to participate, including, without limitation, employment agreements, consulting agreements, non-disclosure agreements, employee handbooks, codes of ethics and similar employment policies. You should also consider whether you should obtain consents or waivers from your employer, clients or any other third parties (if applicable, in each instance) to ensure that you are permitted to act as a Partner. A Partner’s participation in any Project with any Client is at the Partner’s sole discretion. Partners are never obligated to accept or continue any Project and may decline to participate or continue to participate in any Project at any time.
YOUR COMPANY
You agree not to participate in a Project if the topic of the Project is a company for which you are a current employee, director, trustee, officer, or board member (or for which you hold a similar position) unless you are the proprietor of such company. You further agree that if you were previously employed in the finance or accounting department of a company, you will not consult about that company until four months after termination of your employment. If a public company of which you are an employee, director, trustee, officer, or board member (or for which you hold a similar position) is the target or bidder in a tender offer, or has filed to issue an IPO, you must decline all Projects until the tender offer is resolved or the IPO is issued.
COMPETITORS
You agree not to consult on or join a Project for a Client that is a direct competitor of a company for which you are a current employee, director, trustee, officer, or board member (or for which you hold a similar position).
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
If you are a government employee and your employer prohibits its employees from participating in outside consulting projects, you may not be a Partner in TAZ LONDON Partners or participate in any Project. If you are a government employee who may engage in outside consulting, you agree not to consult about matters presently regulated by the agency or department in which you are employed. You further agree not to consult about any legislation, regulation or policy that you are in a position to vote upon or otherwise influence. You agree not to offer, pay, promise, or authorize, or accept or agree to accept any payment, gift or item of value to or from another person or entity for the purpose of seeking influence, obtaining or retaining business or for any other improper business advantage or purpose.
INVESTMENT ADVICE
TAZ LONDON is not a registered investment adviser and cannot transact business as an investment adviser or give investment advice. You agree not to provide to TAZ LONDON or to any Client any investment advice including, without limitation, advice concerning the value of any security or the advisability of buying, selling or otherwise investing in any security.
CLINICAL TRIAL PARTICIPANTS AND CONSULTANTS
If you have participated in a clinical trial or provided consulting services to a person or entity, you may have duties or obligations to treat certain related information as confidential. You must satisfy those duties and obligations and any other policies and requirements of such person or entity, your institution(s) and trial sponsors. Under no circumstances may you ever disclose or discuss any confidential information learned in the course of your consulting or clinical trial participation, including patient experience information and trial results, until such information has been made public. If you are a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Clinical Trial Steering Committee member on an ongoing clinical trial, you may not discuss the ongoing trial phase until it is completed and the results are made public.
ATTORNEYS AND AUDITORS
If you are an attorney, you agree not to consult about any clients you currently represent or to disclose any information or opinions that would breach any legal or ethical duty you or your firm owes to past or present clients. If you are currently an auditor or formerly an auditor, you agree not to consult about companies or other organizations that you currently audit or have audited within the last three years. If you are an attorney or an auditor in current practice, you represent that you are duly licensed to practice in the jurisdictions in which you currently practice, and that you are in good standing as a member of the Bar or other similar professional board to which you are subject. You agree not to provide any legal or professional services to a Client during a Project for that Client.
LEGAL PRIVILEGE
In the event that a Client initiates a Project involving its legal counsel, it is possible that the Client may wish to assert a claim of legal privilege concerning the Project. Under these circumstances, Client’s legal counsel may ask you to enter into a separate written engagement agreement with them for your services (an “Engagement Agreement”). Any such request may only come through TAZ LONDON and you may only choose to accept following TAZ LONDON’s prior written approval in its sole discretion. So approved, an Engagement Agreement shall control over any inconsistent terms in these Terms & Conditions with respect to your relationship and obligations to such Client with respect to the Project. Such Engagement Agreement shall be treated as a separate agreement in the “Application to Terms and Conditions” paragraph below and shall not modify your obligations to TAZ LONDON or third parties, under these Terms & Conditions or otherwise.
ANTI-CORRUPTION; FALSE OR MISLEADING INFORMATION
You shall not offer, give or promise to give any gift, payment, consideration, financial or non-financial advantage to another person directly or indirectly in connection with a Project or these Terms & Conditions. You further agree not to accept or agree to accept any gift, payment, consideration, financial or non-financial advantage in exchange for obtaining or retaining business or improperly performing a relevant function. You agree never to disseminate false or misleading information or inaccurately represent your experience, education, employment or knowledge to us or any Clients. You further agree not to mislead or misrepresent yourself to a person for any reason directly or indirectly related to a Project or these Terms & Conditions including, without limitation, for the purpose of gathering information from such person for a Project.
PARTNER TUTORIAL
You represent that you have completed TAZ LONDON’s Partner Compliance Tutorial, and you agree that you will complete the Partner Compliance Tutorial at least once during the 12 months prior to each Project in which you participate. If you do not demonstrate completion of the Partner Compliance Tutorial within such timeframe, TAZ LONDON may withhold payment of your consulting fees for any relevant Projects. You also represent that you have reviewed the Summary of Key Compliance Rules, Frequently Asked Questions and the other Compliance pages of TAZ LONDON’s website at least once.
ACCURACY OF INFORMATION
You are solely responsible for the accuracy and completeness of information that you provide to TAZ LONDON (your “TAZ LONDON Information”) and you understand that TAZ LONDON, Clients and third parties may and will rely on your Partner Information. You agree to provide us with accurate and up-to-date biographical information on your application and in connection with any further queries, including, without limitation, your current and former employment, and any conflicts or restrictions on your ability to consult. Based on further information from you or other sources, we may amend your Advisor Information and you acknowledge that you are under a continuing obligation to monitor the accuracy of your Advisor Information and to update changes promptly.
As part of its compliance screening, TAZ LONDON and its Clients reserve the right to conduct background checks on you, either internally or utilizing third-party services, and to confirm your professional and educational history.
PRIVACY
You agree that TAZ LONDON may collect, synthesize and retain information about you, from sources including, without limitation, yourself, your activities through TAZ LONDON Partners and third-party sources (hereafter, “Personal Information”). TAZ LONDON will treat Personal Information in accordance with TAZ LONDON’s Privacy Policy (https://www.tazlondon.com/privacy-policy), which is incorporated by reference. If your membership in TAZ LONDON Partners ends, you agree that TAZ LONDON may preserve Personal Information, provided that TAZ LONDON accords such Personal Information the protections set forth in its then-current Terms & Conditions privacy policies. You agree that TAZ LONDON may use and share Personal Information to, without limitation, contact you concerning your participation in TAZ LONDON Partners, to manage your membership in TAZ LONDON Partners, to administer compliance policies and procedures, including obtaining required approvals and consents for Project participation, to market TAZ LONDON’s services, and to comply with applicable laws and requests from government authorities. You agree that TAZ LONDON may also utilize Personal Information to manage, improve and promote its business. You agree that we may disclose Personal Information as required by law, to protect TAZ LONDON’s rights, or for the prevention, detection or disclosure of a crime. You also recognize that Clients may be required by law or their compliance policies to disclose Personal Information about their Projects with you and you authorize TAZ LONDON and its Clients to make such disclosures. TAZ LONDON will not sell Personal Information to third-party marketers or similar organizations, or disclose the Personal Information publicly, unless you provide consent or we determine that it is appropriate in response to a law, regulation, rule, government request, prudential concern or legal process.
APPLICATION OF THE TERMS & CONDITIONS
By becoming a Partner, you represent and warrant to us that you are in compliance with each of the conditions, agreements, acknowledgments, representations, covenants, warranties and other obligations included in these Terms & Conditions. As a Partner, you will be expected to provide information during any Project in good faith, to the best of your ability and at all times consistent with these Terms & Conditions. You understand and acknowledge that each TAZ LONDON employee, affiliate, affiliate employee and Client is an intended third-party beneficiary of these Terms & Conditions and shall therefore have the right to enforce your compliance with them. In certain cases, a Client may require you to make additional representations, acknowledgments or agreements in connection with a particular Project and you understand and acknowledge that the Client may rely on such additional representations, acknowledgments and agreements and enforce your compliance with them. In addition, a Client may require you to sign a separate agreement in connection with a particular Project. TAZ LONDON does not review such separate agreements and/or any related documents and disclaims any and all liability for the content of such separate agreements or any consequences that may arise from or relate to such separate agreements. You are urged to consult with your own counsel concerning your situation and any questions you may have before entering into any such separate agreement. You must decline to participate in, or to continue your participation in, any Project or other activity that would cause you to violate these Terms & Conditions and immediately inform us of the reason. We typically do not participate in your interactions with Clients and shall not be liable or responsible to you in any manner whatsoever for Projects arranged by us. You are solely responsible for ensuring your continued compliance with the Terms & Conditions. You agree to cooperate fully in any inquiry concerning actual, alleged, or potential violations of these Terms & Conditions. To encourage your vigilance and care in complying with these Terms & Conditions, you may submit a payment request for a full Project that you choose to terminate early for the purpose of complying with them. You must notify TAZ LONDON immediately by emailing admin@tazlondon.com if you terminate a Project early for purposes of complying with these Terms & Conditions.
CONFIDENTIALITY
You shall keep and maintain as strictly confidential, and agree not to communicate, reveal or disclose, all “Confidential Information” of TAZ LONDON, TAZ LONDON Partners or its Clients, without TAZ LONDON’s express written permission (which it may withhold in its sole discretion). “Confidential Information” includes any and all non-public information, in any form or medium, written, oral or otherwise, concerning or relating to TAZ LONDON, TAZ LONDON Partners, any of its affiliates or any Client, including, but not limited to, the names of any Clients and Clients’ employees, questions posed by any Client and the topics discussed, information or materials shared, opinions expressed or work commissioned by TAZ LONDON or any Client. In the event that you are required to disclose Confidential Information under applicable law, you agree to promptly notify TAZ LONDON and to fully cooperate with TAZ LONDON in exercising any right or exemption available to prevent the disclosure of Confidential Information to the extent permitted under applicable law. You shall not use Confidential Information for any purpose other than those specifically permitted by these Terms & Conditions. Without limiting the foregoing, you shall not use Confidential Information for personal benefit (including for the purpose of making investment or trading decisions). The duty to maintain confidentiality hereunder shall survive until the Confidential Information becomes generally known to and available for use by the public other than as a result of a disclosure by you or any other person under legal obligation not to disclose the information.
PROJECTS
You shall only accept Projects with TAZ LONDON Clients individually arranged or explicitly approved by TAZ LONDON. If a Client requests additional Projects or other work, you must receive explicit approval from us before commencing work. You will not be paid for any Project with a TAZ LONDON Client that was not individually arranged or explicitly approved by TAZ LONDON in advance, even if the Project was a follow-up to a Project that was arranged by TAZ LONDON. If you are invited by TAZ LONDON to perform a Project for a Client, you should either accept or decline the invitation within 24 hours of issuance. Accepted Projects should be scheduled within five business days of the invitation. You should perform no more than 15 minutes of preparatory work for a Project without explicit approval from us. You are not permitted to invite any third-party to participate in any Project without TAZ LONDON’s prior written consent. We make no representation regarding the frequency or quantity of Project requests that you will receive. You similarly understand and agree that a Client’s compliance personnel may listen to a consultation without prior notice and without announcing that they have joined the consultation. From time to time a Client may wish to engage you as a speaker for an event. If you agree to participate in such a Project, you agree that such Client may use your name, picture, and biographical data in connection with publicity for such event. In exchange for the compensation paid to you for such a Project, you agree to release TAZ LONDON and the TAZ LONDON Parties (as defined in the Indemnification Paragraph below) and TAZ LONDON’s Clients from any and all claims and liabilities including, without limitation, any claim for libel, defamation, invasion of privacy, violation of the right of publicity, or commercial appropriation of name and likeness. We expect you to perform all Projects in a timely, diligent and professional manner consistent with highest industry practice.
RECORDING AND TRANSCRIPTION
You understand and agree that certain of TAZ LONDON’s Clients may elect to record and/or transcribe consultations/ projects between their personnel and Partners, and that you will have no access to or control over any such recording or transcription. Where TAZ LONDON has been notified that a Client will record and/or transcribe a consultation with you, TAZ LONDON has policies and procedures in place reasonably designed to ensure that we obtain your consent prior to such consultation. TAZ LONDON is not responsible for the content and/or quality of any recording and/or transcript.
PAYMENT
You will be paid based on your customary consulting fees, as agreed by you and us. You may change your consulting fee rate only upon written notice to us and our agreement to the updated consulting fee rate. You may not change your rate after you have been contacted by TAZ LONDON on any particular Project, therefore, your new rate shall be applicable only to future Projects. You may not reveal your billing rates and financial arrangements to Clients without TAZ LONDON’s prior written consent. Our payment system may accommodate consulting guidelines set forth by a Partner’s employer, including joint payment to the Partner and his or her employer, direct payment to the Partner’s institution or payment to a charity of the Partner’s choice. Partners may be required to provide TAZ LONDON with their tax identification numbers.. Payments will be made following the completion of a Partner’s project engagement, typically within 15 days following the Partner’s request for such payment through the TAZ LONDON’s confirmation. Partners must submit invoices for payment within 30 days after completion of any Project.
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR STATUS
It is understood and agreed that any services performed by you under these Terms & Conditions shall be performed as an independent contractor and consultant, and you further understand and acknowledge that you have no authority to act or speak on TAZ LONDON’s behalf or to represent that you have any such authority. You shall not be deemed to be an employee of TAZ LONDON or any of its Clients and you shall not be entitled to any benefits provided by either TAZ LONDON or any of its Clients. You shall not identify yourself to any person or entity as an employee of TAZ LONDON or any of its Clients. You agree that you shall be personally responsible and liable for any and all taxes and other payments due on payments received by you for services provided under these Terms & Conditions. Nothing in these Terms & Conditions shall create a partnership or joint venture or establish the relationship of principal and agent or any other relationship of a similar nature between you, TAZ LONDON or its Clients. You represent that you are joining TAZ LONDON Partners in your individual capacity and not as an agent or representative of any entity or individual (including, without limitation, any investment adviser), unless otherwise agreed in writing between TAZ LONDON and such entity or individual.
TERMINATION
You may terminate your membership in TAZ LONDON Partners at any time by providing us with written notice. Likewise, TAZ LONDON may terminate your membership in TAZ LONDON Partners at any time and for any reason without providing notice. Termination shall not relieve either party of its obligations under these Terms & Conditions intended to survive termination, which include, but are not limited to: Privacy, Application of the Terms & Conditions, Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation, Intellectual Property, Indemnification, Limitation of Liability, Arbitration, Governing Law and Venue and Miscellaneous.
NON-CIRCUMVENTION; NON-SOLICITATION
Following the completion of a Project with a Client you agree not to directly contact the Client for any reason or provide the Client with any unsolicited information or gifts without our prior consent. You further agree that for a period of one year from the completion of any Project with a Client to whom you have been first introduced by us, you will not circumvent TAZ LONDON by knowingly soliciting, negotiating with, or entering into any agreement or other arrangement (whether written or oral) with such Client pursuant to which you would be engaged by such Client to provide services without our prior written consent. You also agree that, for a period of one year after the termination of your relationship with us for any reason whatsoever, you will not, directly or indirectly, solicit for employment, employ or hire any employee of TAZ LONDON or of any Clients to whom you have been first introduced by us.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
You are solely responsible for the content that you share or create in connection with your performance of services hereunder. You represent that you own or have obtained any necessary licenses or permissions for any materials, regardless of form or format (hereafter, “IP”), that you provide to TAZ LONDON, Clients or third parties in connection with your performance of such services. IP that you create in connection with any Client Project shall be solely owned by the Client who requested the Project and that Client may use such IP for any purpose permitted under applicable law and that Client’s agreement with TAZ LONDON. Any inventions, discoveries or improvements that are based in any way on any IP you create for a Client in the course of a Project, and all intellectual property rights in such inventions, discoveries or improvements, shall likewise be owned solely and entirely by the Client. Any IP that you created prior to, or independently of, any Project (hereafter, “Partner IP”) remains your property. However, with respect to any Partner IP that you share or otherwise provide to a Client in connection with a Project, you shall automatically grant that Client a perpetual, world-wide, royalty-free, and transferable license to use such Partner IP. Without limiting the foregoing, you further agree that each Client is free to use any ideas, concepts, know-how, or techniques contained in any IP you share with or otherwise provide to that Client for any purpose whatsoever, including, but not limited to, devising, manufacturing, promoting and selling products and services using such information.
INDEMNIFICATION
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless TAZ LONDON and its affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, members, managing members, managers, agents, representatives, successors and assigns (collectively, the “TAZ LONDON Parties”) from any and all actions, causes of action, claims, charges, demands, cost, expenses and damages (including attorneys’ fees and expenses) and liabilities of any kind whatsoever directly or indirectly resulting from, arising out of or in connection with your breach or violation of any and all provisions of these Terms & Conditions.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
YOU AGREE THAT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WILL TAZ LONDON PARTIES BE LIABLE TO YOU OR TO ANY OTHER PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO YOUR SERVICES AND OTHER CONDUCT AS A PARTNER, OR YOUR INTERACTIONS OTHERWISE WITH TAZ LONDON PARTIES OR CLIENTS. TAZ LONDON PARTIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIMS AGAINST YOU BY THIRD PARTIES. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE MAXIMUM CUMULATIVE LIABILITY OF TAZ LONDON PARTIES ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO ANY CONDUCT IN CONNECTION WITH THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS EXCEED THE FEES PAID BY TAZ LONDON TO YOU HEREUNDER FOR THE RELEVANT CONSULTATION OR PROJECT IN THE MONTH SUCH LIABILITY IS ALLEGED TO HAVE ARISEN. TAZ LONDON agrees not to seek to impose upon you liability for indirect, incidental, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages based on your performance of services under these Terms & Conditions, so long as such damages do not arise out of or relate to a failure by you to comply with these Terms & Conditions, or conduct that constitutes gross negligence or intentional misconduct. Collectively, the terms in this paragraph constitute the “Limitation of Liability.”
ARBITRATION, GOVERNING LAW AND VENUE
The validity, interpretation, performance and enforcement of these Terms & Conditions shall be governed by the laws of The United Kingdom without regard to the conflicts of laws principles thereof. ANY DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SHALL BE FULLY AND EXCLUSIVELY FINALLY SETTLED BY AN ARBITRATION HELD IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH DISPUTE, CONTROVERSY OR CLAIM RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. The arbitrator may grant any remedy that he or she deems just and equitable within the scope of this arbitration agreement, except that he or she may not, under any circumstance, grant a remedy inconsistent with or in violation of the Limitation of Liability. The award of the arbitrator shall be final and binding and judgment thereon may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. You hereby unconditionally and irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of HM Courts & Tribunals Service in The United Kingdom.
MISCELLANEOUS
We may modify these Terms & Conditions from time to time by posting the modification(s) on our website, www.tazlondon.com. Unless otherwise specified by us when posted, all modifications will be effective upon posting. If you do not agree to any modification(s), your only recourse will be to terminate your participation as a Partner in TAZ LONDON Partners. If you continue to participate as a Partner after any modification becomes effective, then your participation will constitute acceptance of such modification. No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder. Neither these Terms & Conditions nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned, delegated or otherwise transferred, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise, by you without our prior written consent (which consent we may withhold in our sole discretion), and any such assignment, delegation or transfer by you without such prior written consent shall be null and void and of no force or effect whatsoever. These Terms & Conditions shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of you and TAZ LONDON, the TAZ LONDON Parties and Clients of TAZ LONDON. As used in these Terms & Conditions, the word “including” shall mean “including, without limitation,” in all cases. Whenever possible, each provision of these Terms & Conditions shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of these Terms & Conditions is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of these Terms & Conditions, and these Terms & Conditions shall be reformed, construed and enforced as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein.