Terms of Service for Alians Business Diplomacy

Alians Business Diplomacy, based in Katowice at ul. Chorzowska 50, provides strategic advisory services for the technology sector. These terms and conditions define the rules on which we support IT founders in protecting their shares and intellectual property. We have been operating since 2014 as a boutique advisory firm, which means each case is led personally by a managing partner – Robert Mazur or Andrzej Zieliński. We are not a mass law firm, and we base our approach on hard facts and business diplomacy.

Acceptance of the terms and conditions occurs at the moment of sending a contact form or signing a service agreement. A client of Alians Business Diplomacy can only be an entity conducting business activity, in particular a technology startup or a software house. Our work focuses on securing control over the company before external capital enters. We believe that clear frameworks of cooperation are the foundation of success in negotiations, therefore we avoid legal jargon in favor of concrete business solutions.

Every project at Alians Business Diplomacy has strictly defined timeframes. For example, we complete a full share structure and IP security audit within 11 business days from the delivery of the complete set of documentation. The client is obliged to provide us with 12 key contracts, including the company statute and contracts with the main code subcontractors. The game for control requires reliability and punctuality from both sides. If documents are not delivered on time, the analysis time may be extended, of which we will inform via email.

In the case of investment round negotiations, our role is to analyze the Term Sheet for risks to the founder. The average response time to urgent queries during negotiations is 3.2 hours on business days. We reserve the right to refuse to accept an order if the legal situation of the company is contrary to our ethical standards or when the client's goals exclude maintaining real power over the company. Money likes silence, and we make sure every decision is supported by hard market data.

A tight share structure requires full discretion. At Alians Business Diplomacy, we protect information about your source code and investment plans with the utmost care. Before starting any work on sensitive documents, we always sign an NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement). Only the partners leading the project have access to your data. Documentation is stored in a secured archive at ul. Chorzowska in Katowice or on encrypted digital media. We do not share any details of cooperation with third parties without the express consent of the client.

After the end of the project and settlement of payments, all working copies of documents are permanently deleted, unless legal regulations order their storage. We understand that in the IT sector, intellectual property is the company's greatest asset. Therefore, our internal procedures are tailored to the needs of software houses that must care for the legal purity of their IP. In the case of mediation between partners, we guarantee full impartiality and the preservation of secrecy of all talks conducted in our office or remotely.

We apply transparent settlement rules based on fixed project rates. We value an IP and share audit at 3,450 PLN net, and support for an investment round starts from 12,700 PLN per stage. We do not add hidden costs for preparing letters or traveling to the client within the Silesian Agglomeration. Payments are realized based on VAT invoices with a 7-day term. In case of payment delays exceeding 14 days, we reserve the right to halt project work until the arrears are settled. Hard financial rules allow us to maintain high advisory quality.

The responsibility of Alians Business Diplomacy is limited to the amount of remuneration received for a given stage of the project. We advise based on the legal and factual state presented by the client. We do not take responsibility for the consequences of concealing information about the company's earlier commitments or historical documentation errors that we were unable to detect during an 11-day audit. Our goal is to build mechanisms that block hostile takeovers and unfair dilution clauses, which we do with the highest professional care.