The following will not be protected by EU
legal professional
privilege:
legal advice of a general nature (
ie, not connected to the client's rights of defence or the subject matter of the investigation), internal company communications with an in - house lawyer, communications between a company and its external lawyer qualified only in the US, internal reports or documents that were sent to a lawyer but that were not created for the exclusive purpose of seeking
legal advice and file notes of meetings with lawyers, unless those notes record
advice received from an EEA qualified external lawyer, and documents created during an internal investigation (where the client's rights of defence are not engaged).