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Snel schakelen onder de palmbomen

June 25, 2013 9:30 AM
maandag, 24 juni 2013 door een advocaat in de Cariben
 
“Can you assist us in a cross border acquisition including plant and equipment?” Een wereldwijd opererende producent van gezondheidsproducten vraagt ons om als local counsel zorg te dragen voor de overname van een grote fabriek op Curaçao. Het antwoord is natuurlijk: ja, dat doen we graag!

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DE ADVOCAAT (II)

June 19, 2013 3:39 PM

De advocaat als ambachtsman

Deze uitspraken zou je zomaar ergens kunnen horen: “De rechtenstudie is een stoffige studie. Je moet veel boeken lezen en vooral veel uit je hoofd leren. Maar gelukkig is het geen moeilijke studie. Het is zo’n beetje de makkelijkste studie om een academische graad te halen.”

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LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 8)

June 14, 2013 10:36 AM
New legislation
 
Finally, note that rather simple examples have been taken here. However, many suits are complicated with regard to their subject matter. In this connection disputes about complicated take-over issues, disputes between investors and an investment fund, disputes with a contractor or architect about a building or disputes about intellectual property come to mind.

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Q&A on M&A: Hugo Reumkens and Onno Boerstra of Van Doorne

June 13, 2013 2:57 PM
NETHERLANDS -  Hugo Reumkens (Managing Partner) and Onno Boerstra (head of Corporate) from law firm Van Doorne in Amsterdam – with whom Dutch Caribbean law firm VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne has a long term association – are featured in an episode of ‘Q&A on M&A’; a series of portraits from Dutch M&A-focused website OverFusies.nl in which leading individuals from the M&A business are interviewed.

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DE ADVOCAAT (I)

June 13, 2013 11:40 AM
De advocaat als redenaar
 
Zou je niet af en toe iets over advocaten en hun beroep op je weblog moeten zetten, vroeg laatst iemand aan mij. Een goed en vooral leuk idee! In de Engelstalige bijdragen aan mijn weblog zijn advocaten en hun beroep al ruimhartig aan bod gekomen.

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HOW PRIVATE IS THE CURAÇAO PRIVATE FOUNDATION, CURAÇAO TRUST, AND THE DUTCH PRIVATE FOUNDATION?

June 12, 2013 9:57 PM
Article published in Trusts & Trustees (Oxford Journals)
 
Trusts & Trustees is the leading international journal on trust law and practice. The most significant source of information in its field, the journal is essential for all trusts practitioners and lawyers. 

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Lawyer Karina Keijzer on employment law

June 11, 2013 4:20 PM
Employment law is very comprehensive, but it is important for the entrepreneur to take into account this comprehensive legislation, especially when he employs an employee, to know how to treat this employee, and also to ensure that the employee knows his rights.

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LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 7)

June 10, 2013 10:32 AM
Injunctive relief
 
Apart from seizures it is also possible to consider an application for interim injunctive relief (voorlopige voorziening). The Judge for Interim Relief can render so-called provisional relief, for instance order a building freeze or order the counterparty to pay an advance on the compensation.

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LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 6)

June 01, 2013 11:44 AM
Proceedings in various jurisdictions
 
Sometimes cases which are strongly interrelated to each other are brought before different courts. For instance you instigate proceedings with the court in Curacao and your counterparty instigates proceedings at the same time against you before the court in Aruba or in Sint Maarten.

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND DIRECTORS’ DUTIES

May 29, 2013 8:53 PM
Curaçao Guide
 
Spigt Dutch Caribbean contributed to this years edition of the PLC Practical Law Multi-Jurisdictional Guide on Corporate Governance. Click here for the Curaçao Chapter ‘Corporate governance and directors’ duties‘ and visit PLC Practical Law for the full guide.

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Liegrecht?!

May 24, 2013 6:39 PM
door mr Mirto F. Murray
 
Al peinzende over een onderwerp voor dit artikel krijg ik om de een of andere reden het Surinaamse spreekwoord ‘Wan leyman na wan kiri man’ maar niet uit mijn hoofd. 

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LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 5)

May 24, 2013 2:01 PM
Duty to submit exhibits
 
It can of course happen that it is not a plaintiff but the defendant or a third party who has the documents by which the plaintiff can prove the existence and extent of his claim. There is a separate procedure by which such documents can be demanded.

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LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 4)

May 17, 2013 3:18 PM

Statement of Defense

As the defending party you have to put up a defense (Statement of Defense) and in this regard this statement should not only be clear and complete but you should also know for instance what formal defenses you should advance. 

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Klein en fijn!

May 17, 2013 9:36 AM
donderdag, 16 mei 2013 door een advocaat in de Cariben
 
Tijdens een inwerkperiode op Curaçao keken mijn nieuwe collega’s mij meewarig aan als ik zei voor ons kantoor op Bonaire te zullen gaan werken. Bonaire, is dat niet veel te klein? Daar is toch niets te doen? zeiden ze dan. Die vraag krijg je wel vaker als bewoner van een BES-eiland (de Openbare Lichamen Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba). 

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EUROPE MEETS THE AMERICAS

May 09, 2013 3:08 PM

Aruba Business Conference 2013

From May 5th till May 8th 2013 the trade mission “Europe meets the Americas” was held on Aruba. The conference offered the unique opportunity to connect face-to-face with potential partners from Latin America, the Caribbean region, Europe all present in one place.

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LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 2)

May 03, 2013 8:55 AM

Which court is competent to hear the case?

In order to answer the question of which court you should bring your action before, the type of claim can also be important. In Curacao you must bring your claim for collection of a sum of money or a dispute involving a take-over contract before the Court of First Instance. 

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LITIGATION IS A SKILLED PROFESSION (part 1)

April 26, 2013 11:25 AM

Everything boils down to knowledge and experience

Litigation appears to be simple. For instance you have a monetary claim on someone (a private person or an enterprise) and you ask the court to determine in a judgment that you indeed have this claim. And you ask the court that the counterparty be ordered to pay the claim. 

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BANKING REGULATION IN CURACAO

April 24, 2013 2:28 PM

Getting The Deal Through

Getting the Deal Through has published the fully revised and updated sixth edition of Banking Regulation, a volume in its series of annual reports, which provide international analysis in key areas of law and policy for corporate counsel, cross-border legal practitioners and business people.

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Korte Lijntjes

April 16, 2013 1:21 PM

dinsdag, 16 april 2013 door een advocaat in de Cariben

Drie maanden geleden was ik een week in Nederland om mijn jaarlijkse kou te vatten en familie en vrienden te bezoeken, hoewel men doorgaans liever bij mij op Curaçao langskomt. Zoals altijd, spreek ik dan met vrienden af in een Amsterdams café. Daar aangekomen word ik meteen gerust gesteld, dat ik de afgelopen maanden niet zoveel heb gemist. 

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CROSS BORDER CONVERSION AND MERGER (part 10)

April 12, 2013 10:41 AM

Legal entities under supervision

So far we have only looked at legal entities not under the supervision of the Central Bank of Curacao and St. Maarten (CBCS). Just a few words about institutions that are under supervision.

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Lawyer Roeland Zwanikken considers legal action against ABN AMRO Bank

May 08, 2021 6:14 PM
THE HAGUE--Attorney-at-law Roeland Zwanikken at St. Maarten’s BZSE law office is considering legal action against the intention of the Dutch ABN AMRO Bank to close the bank accounts of its clients in the Dutch Caribbean.

Fiscaal onderzoek bij notariskantoren vinden doorgang

May 07, 2021 8:04 AM
In het Antilliaans Dagblad: Fiscaal onderzoek bij notariskantoren
WILLEMSTAD – De fiscale onderzoeken bij de notarissen vonden en vinden, ondanks de beperkingen van Covid-19, weer doorgang en de medewerking aan de kant van notarissen en adviseurs is daarbij ‘over het algemeen goed’.

Juridische miljoenenstrijd tussen BNP Paribas en Italiaanse prinses verhardt

February 22, 2021 4:51 PM
  • Bezit van Italiaanse Crociani-familie op Curaçao mag van rechter worden verkocht
  • De Crociani's ruziën al jaren met BNP Paribas over een claim van $100 mln
  • Curaçaos trustkantoor United Trust heeft 'geen enkele relatie meer' met Camilla Crociani
Een Italiaanse prinses met zakelijke belangen in Nederland heeft het onderspit gedolven bij diverse rechtbanken in een langslepend conflict met zakenbank BNP Paribas.
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