Introduction
Financial law is not an exclusively national affair. Cross-border transactions and service provisions have been common place for a very long time. Harmonisation of rules has been worked towards in a European context for decades. Leaving aside special subject matters such as liability for products and road accidents, the (partial) harmonisation of the rules in respect [...]
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Quality, Clarity, Trust, Value for Money, Passion and Compassion
Whether you live in the UK, the USA or the Dutch Caribbean, almost every lawyer (attorney) or law firm claims to be the best, the leading, etc. Why are they all trying so hard? And does this do the trick for you? Even more importantly, does your [...]
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Dutch Supreme Court, Decision of 18 January 1901
Suppose you and several of your friends decided to combine your financial resources to start a business. You subsequently agreed on the incorporation of a limited liability company (NV). You also agreed on the amount each of you would put into the NV and the number of shares [...]
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Your involvement in this entertaining event will help fund Huize St. Jozef
What: The 1st Spigthoff Night Golf Tournament & Party
When: Saturday, February 5th, 2011, from 17:00 thru 23:00
Where: Blue Bay Golf at Blue Bay Curacao
Good cause: Weeshuis Huize St. Jozef
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Speech by Karel Frielink, January 10, 2011
Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of the Press, Friends and Colleagues!
First of all, on behalf of the staff and management of Spigthoff, I want to sincerely wish all of you nothing but health and happiness in the New Year.
2011 will not be an easy year; it will in [...]
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Where these rules not designed to protect companies from the government?
It has been my opinion for many years already that government-owned companies should be kept out of the political sphere as much as possible, so that they may benefit from a commercial, businesslike and market-oriented management. In doing so they also run less of a [...]
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The Netherlands Antilles no longer exists!
The Country the Netherlands Antilles consisted of Bonaire, Curacao, St. Maarten, St. Eustatius and Saba, and formed part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. On October 10, 2010 the Netherlands Antilles ceased to exist as a country. Two new countries were born on that date: the country Curacao and the [...]
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To all for whom the new year starts on 1 January (Gregorian calendar)
All of us at Spigthoff Attorneys & Tax Advisers LLC Curacao wish you a happy and prosperous 2011.
Bon aña nobo i tur kos bon!
We hope to be of service to you (again) in 2011.
Best wishes,
Karel Frielink
(1 January 2011)
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