- These terms and conditions are valid for all business with Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD, from 2020 onwards and for Reventlow-Verwaltungs-GmbH from Nov 9, 2022, onwards, both located at Pfättendorferstr. 7, 81247 Munich, Germany. Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD, has been commonly called CvR. This acronym transitions to Reventlow-Verwaltungs-GmbH from Nov 9, 2022, onwards, as the entire business. Same applies to the email accounts @vonreventlow.com.
The word ‘we or us’ is used below to represent both Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD and Reventlow-Verwaltungs-GmbH. - All agreements with Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD, and Reventlow-Verwaltungs-GmbH have to be executed with real ink on real paper, signed & dated by both parties to be legally valid agreements. Emails, electronic documents, text messages and other forms of electronic communication do not establish any formal legally binding agreement with us.
- Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD and Reventlow-Verwaltungs-GmbH may engage in businesses with clients. Other parties may supply services as part of the overall services delivery to these clients – called ‘parties’ in the text below.
- By doing business with us, parties explicitly acknowledge the business terms and conditions on this web page and confirm to be bound to them.
- We might pass through services, respective billing, bundle services or bundle billing from these other parties to clients with a markup as part of these service deliveries. This might for example happen with larger clients as they might require a single bill for a bundle of services or intend to simplify their procurement.
In supplying services to these clients, direct or indirectly through or with the help of Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD or Reventlow-Verwaltungs-GmbH, the parties expressly acknowledge, that we are not responsible to them for any payment where there is a corresponding failure by the Client to either (a) approve the amount; or (b) pay us the full or only a partial amount. We will notify you in the event that we become aware that the client will not approve such amount or make such payment. It is further clarified that we shall have no obligation whatsoever to take any formal steps to pursue, on your behalf or otherwise, any outstanding approval or payment by the Client.
It is further acknowledged by the parties that if the Client (a) does not, or only partially, accepts any deliverables; or does not accept the timesheets of the applicable resources provided, (c) or raises any other dispute in relation to the services, fees or resources, we shall have no obligation whatsoever to liaise with the Client or take any steps on the parties’ behalf or otherwise. Parties might require discussing directly with the Client and come to a resolution in respect of such dispute (whether such resolution involves a reduction in applicable fee or rectification of the applicable services or otherwise). If the dispute is about a part of a larger activity with a client, the party needs our permission to engage in such conversations with the client. Giving the permission is at our discretion and we have the right to not giving this permission without the need to state the reason.
Furthermore, parties acknowledge that services delivered to a client might be an element of an overall delivery of multiple services, and that issues in the delivery of other elements of the overall services delivery might lead to reduced client payments or increased costs. Plus, that for example for the benefit of a long-term client relationship we might need to discount the services. Thus, at our discretion we have the right to adjust (up- or down) the payments to parties for their services. - Our payment terms for services delivered by parties is 30 days after we have received the respective payments from the clients in our bank account. Any prepayment before is at our full discretion. And a prepayment does not establish a right for another prepayment.
- For the avoidance of doubt, we shall not be obliged to pay parties for any services or deliverables that has not been accepted (in whole or in part) by the Client (no matter what the reason, or lack thereof, for the Client’s lack of acceptance), that payments for services might be reduced at our discretion, and payments will only made by us 30 days after the client has paid us in full. To be clear: in the extreme this might lead to parties having delivered services and not being paid at all.
- Performance Warranty. Parties warrant and undertake (and, to the extent applicable to parties’ subcontractors):
(a) will perform parties’ obligations in a competent and professional manner and in accordance with Good Industry Practice.
(b) unless otherwise notified, parties’ deliverables will be original work, and will not be copied wholly or substantially from any other work or material.
(c) will perform obligations in compliance with all applicable laws, regulatory requirements, decrees, codes of practice, licenses, and permits and will not do or permit anything to be done which might cause or otherwise result in a breach by the Client of any of the same as a result of the Services.
(d) will perform obligations so that all of the deliverables:
i. is free from deficiencies and omissions.
ii. conform to all specifications and requirements notified by and agreed with the Client; and
(e) will for the period of 12 months following the end of the Services promptly re-perform or remedy, free of charge and without any extension of time, any failure to perform parties’ obligations or any failure of a deliverable to comply with the needs of the client.
For the purpose of this clause:
“Good Industry Practice” means the practices which are generally engaged in or observed by reputable international organizations regarding services of a similar complexity, scope, nature and purpose to the Services and acting in good faith in accordance with the requirements of the laws of the European Union. - Parties shall not use or disclose to any person (and shall procure that no subcontractor shall use or disclose to any person) either during or at any time after parties’ engagement by us any confidential information about the business or affairs of us or the Client, or about any other matters which may come to your knowledge in the course of providing the services. For the purposes of this clause, confidential information means any information or matter which is not in the public domain, and which relates to the affairs of us or the Client.
- Notices: All notices and legally relevant documents have to be sent to us by physical paper mail with signatures in ink and dated, to our address Christian von Reventlow, Pfättendorferstr. 7, 81247 Munich, Germany. To be validly received you need to obtain a written (in paper again) confirmation signed by our principal Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD.
- Original T&C for Christian Graf von Reventlow, PhD, dated January 1st, 2022.
Updated Nov 9, 2022, to include Reventlow-Verwaltungs-GmbH.
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