Effective Date: March 13, 2009

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP ("Willkie") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy applies to your use of www.willkie.com ("Web site") and explains how we collect, use, and disclose information gathered from or about you through this Web site.

How We Collect, Use, and Disclose Your Information

We do not collect any personal information about you unless you affirmatively provide it to us. Certain portions of our Web site, such as the "Contact Us" and "E-mail a Page" pages, allow you to provide personal information on a voluntary basis, including your name, e-mail address, and other contact information. We do not sell or rent your personal information to any third party for marketing or other purposes.

If you choose to provide us with personal information, we may use that information to respond to your requests or to send you Willkie memoranda, announcements, news, or other information about Willkie events and services that we believe may be of interest to you.

In order to provide the information and services described in this Privacy Policy, we may share your personal information with our other offices or with carefully selected vendors that perform services on our behalf.

We may also use or disclose your information, including personal information: to comply with the law or in response to a subpoena, court order, government request, or other legal process; to protect the interests, rights, safety, or property of Willkie, our clients, users of this Web site, or others; to allow any successor entity to continue using your information to serve you; and as otherwise required or permitted by law.

We and/or our carefully selected vendor(s) may use "cookies" or similar technologies to collect certain information about your use of this Web site. A cookie is a small text file that is placed on your computer and which collects information about your use of this Web site, such as the Web pages you visited, the date and the time of your visit, etc. We collect this information to help us analyze the use of this Web site and to improve its content. Any information collected by cookies will be done so on an anonymous basis, and we do not link any personal information you provide with cookie data. While most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default, their help function typically contains instructions on how to set your browser to notify you before accepting cookies or to disable cookies entirely. However, it is possible that some parts of this Web site will not function properly if you disable cookies.

Securing Your Information

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use.

International Transfer of Your Information

The information we collect from and about you through this Web site, including your personal information, may be transferred across national borders, including to countries that may have different levels of privacy protection than your country. By submitting personal information to us through this Web site, you consent to such transfers, as well as to the processing and storage of such personal information in such countries.

Reviewing and Updating Your Information

If you have provided personal information to us through this Web site, you may request to review or update that information or have that information deleted from our files. Inquiries and requests should be sent to interaction@willkie.com.

Links to Third-Party Web Sites

Our Web site may provide links to third-party sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to any information you may provide while on such third-party sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policies on those sites before providing any of your personal information to them.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Such changes will be effective upon the posting of the updated version on this Web site. We will update the effective date of this Privacy Policy any time we make changes to it, and we encourage you to review the Privacy Policy when you revisit this Web site if changes have been made since your last visit.

Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy, we invite you to contact us by sending us an e-mail to: info@willkie.com.