Privacy Policy

Avendus Capital, LLC (“Avendus Capital”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This Policy (together with our website’s terms of use and other documents referred to on it) explains when and why we collect personal information about our clients and people who visit our website, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others and how we keep it secure.

We may change this Policy from time to time so please check this page occasionally to ensure that our latest version is still acceptable to you. By using our website or our services, you’re agreeing to be bound by this Policy.

Any questions regarding this Policy and our privacy practices should be sent by email to: privacy@avendus.com

How do we collect information from you?

Avendus Capital and its affiliates may require that our clients provide us with current and accurate financial and/or personal information, pursuant to the terms of our engagement for investment banking services and other financial services. We may collect non-public client data via due diligence requests, forms, checklists, and in documentation provided to us by our clients for evaluation pursuant to our engagement and any potential transactions resulting from our engagement. We also create internal lists of such data. We may also obtain information about you in direct sales engagement activities or when you complete our online forms. We do not use “cookies” on our website.

What type of information is collected from you?

Clients who engage us generally provide us with financial information and information about their business (“Client Data”) as well as names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers (“Personal Data”) of their employees; they may also provide us with Personal Data of their investors, stockholders, advisors, and other persons with whom we interact during the course of our engagement (collectively “Representatives”). Persons who fill out “contact us” forms on our website generally provide us with their name, address, email address and phone number. We generally don’t collect “sensitive” Personal Data from our clients or their Representatives, such as social security numbers, individuals’ bank account information, birth dates, credit card information or medical information as this information is not required for our engagements and we discourage our clients and their Representatives from providing any sensitive Personal Data to us during the course of our engagements.

How is Client Data and Personal Data used?

We may use your information to:

  • Interact with your Representatives to provide you services under our engagement agreement;
  • Develop a strategic plan for our engagement;
  • Share the information with select third parties, such as bankers, investors and potential strategic partners, in connection with our specific engagement;
  • Send you communications which you have requested and that may be of interest to you. These may include newsletters, product updates, activities & promotions of our group companies’ goods and services;
  • Seek your views or comments on the services we provide;
  • Notify you of changes to our services;
  • Post out and/or email copies of news of interest to investors (including press releases) to your address;
  • Comply with federal, state or local laws, rules and other applicable legal and regulatory reporting requirements;
  • Resolve clients disputes or inquiries;
  • Protect against or prevent actual or potential fraud, identity theft, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liability; and
  • Comply with your written instructions.
How long do we keep your Personal Data and Client Data?

We review our retention periods for Personal Data and Client Data on a regular basis. Currently this information is retained by Avendus Capital and its affiliates during the term of our engagement and for a period of seven years following termination of our engagement or your investment in any product, in accordance with our records retention policies and to satisfy regulatory requirements.

Who has access to your information?

Avendus Capital’ employees assigned to work on your engagement will have access to Client Data and Personal Data as necessary to perform our investment banking services. We may also share your Client Data and Personal Data with affiliated Avendus Capital entities and third parties as directed by you or as we deem necessary for us to execute investments in securities/oferings and on our investment banking services, such as bankers and investors in connection with a financing transaction and potential target companies in connection with a merger or acquisition. We may also share information with persons assessing our compliance with industry standards, or to the attorneys, accountants and auditors of Avendus Capital. Representatives’ Personal Data as well as Client Data will never be sold or made available to other parties for any other purposes unless required by law, other legal processes or professional standards.

We may, however, transfer your Client Data and Personal Data to a third party as part of a sale of some or all of our business and assets or as part of any business restructuring or reorganization. We may also disclose or share your Client Data or Personal Data in order to comply with any legal obligation or to protect the rights, property or safety of our employees, investors and client. However, we will take reasonable steps to protect the privacy of your information.

Your choices

You may not opt out of providing Client Data or Personal Data in connection with our engagement as that information is required for us to perform our services. You have a choice about whether or not you wish to receive marketing information, newsletters or press releases (collectively “Marketing Materials”) from us. Individuals residing in the EEA, must opt-in to receive Marketing Materials. Individuals residing outside of the EEA may receive Marketing Materials but can elect to opt-out by selecting the “unsubscribe” button contained in the Marketing Materials if they do not want to receive these communications from us.

You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us by email: info@qllc.com

Security precautions in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of your information

During regular business hours, access to hard copies of client records is restricted to only those with approval to do so. During hours in which Avendus Capital’ offices are closed, hard copies of client records are stored in locked cabinets. Access to electronic copies of Client Data and Personal Information is restricted solely to those Avendus Capital’ personnel who require access to perform our services. Avendus Capital incorporates technological and operational security policies and procedures to protect Personal Data and Client Data from loss, misuse, alteration or unintentional destruction. Personnel who have access to such information have been trained to maintain the confidentiality of such information.

Links to other websites

Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organizations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.

In addition, if you linked to our website from a third party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third party site and recommend that you check the policy of that third party site.

Your rights and your Personal Data

Each of client’s Representatives have the following rights with respect to their Personal Data.

When exercising any of the rights listed below, in order to process your request, we may need to verify your identity for your security. In such cases we will need you to respond with proof of your identity before you can exercise these rights.

  • The right to access Personal Data we hold on you
  • The right to correct and update the Personal Data we hold on you.
  • If the data we hold on you is out of date, incomplete or incorrect, you may inform us and your data will be updated subject to our verification.
  • The right to have your Personal Data erased
  • You may request that we erase the Personal Data we hold about you. When we receive your request, we will delete your Personal Data or inform you of the reason why it cannot be deleted (for example, because we need it for to comply with a legal obligation).
  • If you are a resident of Switzerland or the European Economic Area (“EEA”), you may have additional rights under data protection law. For example, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner’s Office.

To exercise all relevant rights, queries or complaints, please in the first instance, contact Avendus Capital via email at: privacy@avendus.com . If this does not resolve your complaint to your satisfaction, you may contact Avendus Capital at Avendus, 445 Park Avenue, Suite 1900, New York, NY 10075.

Phone +1 646 707 0789

Further processing

If we wish to use your Personal Data or Client Data for a new purpose, not covered by this Policy, then we will provide you with a new notice explaining this new use prior to commencing the processing and setting out the relevant purposes and processing conditions.

Review of this Policy

Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page. Please check back frequently to see any updates or changes to our privacy policy.

Contact Details

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, please contact privacy@avendus.com or +1 646 707 0789

Avendus Capital may require that our clients provide us with current and accurate financial and/or personal information, pursuant to the terms of our engagement for investment banking services and/or the sale of security products and services. Avendus Capital will protect the information our clients provide in a manner that is safe, secure and professional. Avendus Capital and its employees are committed to protecting our clients’ privacy and to safeguarding that information.

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