Privacy policy

BASALT is the trading name of:

CO-RE PARTNERS
Société par actions simplifiée (SAS)
Registered office: 231 rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris, France
SIREN: 103 539 086
RCS Paris: 103 539 086

For the purposes of applicable data protection law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 ("GDPR"), CO-RE PARTNERS acts as the data controller for the personal data described in this Privacy Policy.

For any privacy-related request, you can contact us at timothee@basalt.partners.

We may collect personal data when you interact with us directly or through our website. This may include:

Contact and professional information

• Full name
• Business email address
• Company name
• Company website
• Job title or professional role
• Any information you choose to provide when contacting us

Deal Brief information
When you submit a Deal Brief, we may collect information relating to your company and financing or transaction requirements, including:

• Journey stage
• Sector
• Capital need or transaction size
• Revenue range
• Financing or transaction objective
• Other information provided in connection with your enquiry

Business relationship information
Where we enter into discussions or a professional relationship with you, we may also process:

• Correspondence and meeting records
• Transaction and project information
• Due diligence information
• Contractual and invoicing information
• Information necessary to manage our advisory relationship

Website and technical information
Depending on the configuration of the website, we may process:

• IP address
• Browser and device information
• Pages visited
• Date and time of access
• Technical and security logs
• Cookie or analytics information, where applicable

We may process your personal data for the following purposes:

To review and respond to enquiries
Including assessing Deal Brief submissions and determining whether BASALT may be able to advise you.

To provide our advisory services
Including fundraising, financial modelling, project & asset finance, M&A and corporate finance services.

To manage our business relationships
Including communications, meetings, proposals, mandates, contracts and ongoing client relationships.

To develop business relationships
Including maintaining contact with professional prospects, investors, lenders, strategic partners and other counterparties relevant to our activities.

To operate and secure our website
Including technical administration, security, fraud prevention and website performance.

To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
Including accounting, tax, legal, compliance and record-keeping requirements.

Depending on the circumstances, we process your personal data on one or more of the following legal bases:

Pre-contractual measures and performance of a contract
Where processing is necessary to respond to your request, prepare a proposal, enter into a mandate or provide advisory services.

Legitimate interests
Where processing is necessary for BASALT's legitimate business interests, including managing professional relationships, reviewing business opportunities, developing our network, securing our website and operating our advisory activities.

Legal obligations
Where processing is required to comply with applicable legal, tax, accounting or regulatory requirements.

Consent
Where required by law, including for certain cookies, analytics technologies or electronic communications.

Personal data is only shared where necessary and on a need-to-know basis. Recipients may include:

• BASALT partners, employees and authorised team members
• IT, hosting, cloud and website service providers
• Professional advisers, including lawyers and accountants
• CRM, communication or document-management providers
• Investors, lenders, strategic partners or transaction counterparties, where appropriate and subject to the relevant engagement
• Public authorities where required by law

We do not sell personal data.

Where information relates to a prospective or active transaction, it is only shared with third parties in accordance with the relevant mandate, confidentiality arrangements and professional obligations.

Some of our service providers or professional counterparties may be located outside the European Economic Area.

Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, we take appropriate steps to ensure that it benefits from an adequate level of protection, including where applicable:

• an adequacy decision adopted by the European Commission;
• Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission; or
• another legally recognised transfer mechanism.

Such safeguards are required when personal data is transferred outside the EU/EEA unless another permitted mechanism applies.

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected. As a general rule:

Deal Briefs and prospective client enquiries
Up to three years from the last meaningful contact, unless a business relationship begins or a longer retention period is justified.

Professional prospects and business contacts
Up to three years from collection or the last contact initiated by the individual, subject to applicable rules and rights of objection. The CNIL uses three years as the reference period for prospect data used for commercial relationship purposes.

Client and transaction information
For the duration of the professional relationship and thereafter for the period required by applicable legal, accounting, tax or contractual obligations.

Technical and security logs
For a limited period proportionate to security and operational requirements.

Where data is no longer required, it is deleted, anonymised or archived where legally necessary.

Subject to the conditions set out in applicable data protection law, you may have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
• Request deletion of your personal data
• Restrict the processing of your personal data
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Withdraw your consent at any time where processing is based on consent
• Request portability of your personal data where applicable
• Lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority

You can exercise your rights by contacting timothee@basalt.partners.

We may ask you to provide information necessary to verify your identity before processing your request.

If you are located in France, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL).

Our website may use cookies or similar technologies necessary for its operation, security and performance.

Where non-essential cookies or analytics technologies require consent, they will only be activated after you have made your choice through the relevant cookie management mechanism.

You can withdraw or modify your choices at any time through the cookie settings available on the website.

The CNIL recommends that accepting and refusing non-essential cookies should be equally easy and that users' choices should generally be remembered for an appropriate period.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal data against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss or destruction.

Access to personal data is restricted to individuals and service providers who require it for legitimate business purposes.

However, no electronic transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including professional networks, portfolio companies, investors or other external organisations.

BASALT is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of third-party websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies separately.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, activities, service providers or applicable law.

The latest version will always be available on this page and will indicate the date of the most recent update.

For any question regarding this Privacy Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact:

BASALT / CO-RE PARTNERS
231 rue Saint-Honoré
75001 Paris
France

Email: timothee@basalt.partners