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1. This Site is operated by BéndiksenLaw S.A.S., a company validly incorporated in Colombia, dedicated to the provision of legal services. This Site contains general information about BéndiksenLaw S.A.S. On this Site, BéndiksenLaw S.A.S. does not provide any kind of service. The sole and exclusive purpose of the materials, content, information, and opinions included on this Site is informational. BéndiksenLaw S.A.S.  attorneys are not authorized to exercise law in jurisdictions other than those in which the relevant agencies and bodies have authorized them for that purpose.
   
   
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25. Governing Law. These TERMS AND CONDITIONS shall be construed and enforced exclusively in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Colombia.
    
    
26. Modifications. Nothing in these TERMS AND CONDITIONS may be unilaterally modified, deleted, or added by the user of the Site.
    
    
27. Applicability. If any section or part of these TERMS AND CONDITIONS is unenforceable or rendered invalid, in whole or in part, under any law, or is rendered as such by court decision, such section shall be construed in accordance with applicable law and its unenforceability or invalidity shall not render these TERMS AND CONDITIONS in general, nor any remaining provisions or portions thereof, unenforceable or invalid or ineffective in their entirety and, in such event, such provisions shall be changed and interpreted in such a way as to best achieve the objectives of the unapplicable or invalid provisions, within the limits of applicable law or applicable court decisions.
    
    
28. Integrity. These TERMS AND CONDITIONS constitute the only terms between BéndiksenLaw S.A.S. and you. Your acceptance of these TERMS AND CONDITIONS supersedes any prior or contemporaneous agreements, covenants, representations, understandings, and warranties with respect to this Site, the Content, the information contained on this Site, and the subject matter of these Terms of Use. In the event of any conflict between these TERMS AND CONDITIONS and any verbal, written or prior agreement or understanding, these TERMS AND CONDITIONS shall prevail.
    
    
29. No waiver. The non-application by BéndiksenLaw S.A.S. of any of the conditions, terms and rights included in these TERMS AND CONDITIONS shall not be construed as withdrawal or waiver of the rights of BéndiksenLaw S.A.S. to enforce those provisions at a later time.
    
    
30. Last updated. These TERMS AND CONDITIONS were last updated on September 17, 2021. We remind you that when you access and make use of the Site, including any and all of the BéndiksenLaw S.A.S. Websites, you freely agree to comply with these TERMS AND CONDITIONS.