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Our Firm
Founded in 1937, VANEPS is a full-service law firm with offices in Curaçao, Bonaire, Aruba, and Sint Maarten, now extending its reach to the Netherlands.
The firm advises and represents clients across all of these legal systems, as well as in Suriname, primarily serving larger national and international corporations, financial institutions, executives, and high-net-worth individuals.
Our passion is to tangibly contribute to our clients’ objectives, with advice and assistance tailored to their specific business, market and objectives. We provide practicable solutions that answer to specific challenges and ambitions.
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Banking & Finance
In finance expert legal advice is key. The Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean consist of different financial markets with each their own laws and regulations. Financial institutions are increasingly faced with supervision by various regulators and a high degree of regulation.
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Commercial Contracting
Commercial Contracts are at the heart of doing business. Our Commercial Contracting team has extensive experience when it comes to commercial contracts and trade regulations: from pitfalls, to assistance in negotiations, drafting contracts and lawsuits.
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Competition
Our team can help you navigate through the legal framework on fair market competition.
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Corporate/M&A
Our clients know our Corporate and M&A team as an ambitious and experienced group of specialists who advise on a wide range of corporate matters and transactional projects. We are widely recognized for our leading role in mergers and acquisitions, as well as complex restructurings.
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Corporate & Commercial Dispute Resolution
Court proceedings, mediation and arbitration: our broad specialist knowledge and experience is of added value no matter what the issue is.
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Employment & Pensions
Our team of employment law specialists knows the ropes in the field and advises and litigates on various employment law matters.
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Energy & Natural Recources
Energy and Natural Resources fuel our economies.
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Governance, Risk & Compliance
Good governance is key for every organization. Our team of experts in the field gladly assist you to achieve that on a daily basis
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Government & Public Sector
Our hands-on Government & Public Sector team knows how government institutions and (semi-)public organizations work and what they need.
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Insolvency & Restructuring
With many years of experience assisting companies in financial distress, our Insolvency and Restructuring team is recognized as a leader in complex restructuring and insolvency matters.
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Insurance
Our team of experienced specialists advises (re)insurance companies, insurance intermediaries and insured persons, on financial supervision and regulatory matters, litigation, and insurance related corporate transactions.
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Intellectual Property & Privacy
Intellectual property rights play an important role to protect the economies on the business end of products, services and technologies and to encourage local and foreign companies and investors to do business.
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Patent & Trademark Office
It is important to acquire proper local assistance when implementing your Intellectual property portfolio strategy. The intellectual property officers are available to address these challenges and assist in the implementation in the territories of the Dutch Caribbean.
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Real estate & Construction
Our team makes real estate projects work.
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Shipping & Aviation
Shipping and aviation are industries of essence in the Dutch Caribbean region. With our broad experience in this sector, we offer assistance and give advice on a variety of matters.
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