Terms of service

1. The service

AdviLink provides live cost and scope control for M&A diligence (the “Service”). It helps deal teams prepare an advisor budget, track committed and actual spend against scope, and export the cost story for internal reporting. During this phase the Service is provided to selected design partners and may change, be limited, or be withdrawn while we develop it with those partners.

By accessing or using the Service you agree to these terms. If you are agreeing on behalf of an organisation, you confirm you have authority to bind that organisation, and “you” refers to that organisation.

2. Accounts & access

You are responsible for the accounts and access credentials used to reach the Service, and for activity that occurs under them. Keep credentials confidential, ensure the people you invite are authorised to view the deal data you share with them, and tell us promptly if you believe an account has been compromised. We may suspend access where we reasonably believe it is necessary to protect the Service or other users.

3. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• use the Service unlawfully, or to upload data you are not entitled to share;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Service, other accounts, or our systems;
• probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Service, or interfere with its normal operation;
• reverse engineer, copy, or resell the Service except as permitted by law; or
• use the Service to build a competing product, or in any way that could damage or overburden it.

4. Fees

AdviLink is priced per active deal, or otherwise as agreed in writing with you as a design partner. Specific fees, billing intervals, and any trial or pilot arrangements are set out in that separate agreement or order. Unless stated otherwise, fees are exclusive of VAT and other applicable taxes. Where no fees have been agreed, access provided during the design-partner phase is offered as-is and may be changed or ended as described in these terms.

5. Confidentiality & data

Deal data is confidential. We treat the information you put into the Service as yours, use it to provide and improve the Service, and apply access controls and data minimisation appropriate to confidential deal information. Each party will protect the other’s confidential information and use it only as needed to perform under these terms.

How we handle personal data and cookies is described in our Privacy policy, which forms part of these terms.

6. Intellectual property

We own the Service, including its software, design, and content, and all related intellectual property rights. These terms grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service while they are in effect. You retain ownership of the data you submit; you grant us the rights needed to host and process it to provide the Service. Any feedback you choose to share may be used by us to improve the Service without obligation to you.

7. Disclaimers

During the design-partner phase the Service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that it will meet your requirements.

Outputs of the Service — including budgets, forecasts, exports, and any calculators or estimates — are informational tools based on the information you provide. They are not financial, accounting, legal, tax, or investment advice, and they are not a substitute for your own judgement or professional advisers. You are responsible for the decisions you make using the Service.

8. Limitation of liability

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. Subject to that, to the fullest extent permitted by law:

• neither party is liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of profit, revenue, data, or goodwill; and
• our total liability arising out of or in connection with the Service and these terms is limited to the fees you paid for the Service in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or, if no fees were paid, to £100.

9. Changes to these terms

As the Service develops we may update these terms. Where changes are material, we will take reasonable steps to let you know, for example by posting an updated version here with a new “Last updated” date or by contacting you. Continuing to use the Service after a change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.

10. Termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. Either party may end access on reasonable notice, and we may suspend or end access if you breach these terms or if we discontinue the Service. On termination your right to use the Service ends. We will, on request made within a reasonable period, make your data available for export before it is deleted in the ordinary course. Provisions that by their nature should survive — including confidentiality, intellectual property, disclaimers, and limitation of liability — continue after termination.

11. Governing law

These terms and any dispute arising out of them are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction.

12. Contact

Questions about these terms? Email us at chris@advilink.com.