Policy regarding the reporting of breaches

Claeys & Engels wants to act ethically and with integrity and therefore wants to ensure that its staff members, lawyers and other self-employed collaborators have the possibility to report any actual or potential breaches of statutory and regulatory rules at Claeys & Engels in the most serene and confidential manner.

The purpose of this policy is to strongly encourage all employees and other persons who have a contractual relationship with Claeys & Engels to report any breach and/or illegal, unethical or fraudulent activity related to Claeys & Engels's activities without fear of sanctions or other measures.

This policy aims to:

• enable the confidential, if applicable anonymous, reporting of information about actual or potential breaches;
• provide protection to persons reporting a breach or assisting the reporting person;
• establish the procedure to be followed by the reporting person of a breach for this purpose.