LEGAL REBELS ARE REMAKING THE LEGAL PROFESSION
Dozens of lawyers are remaking their corners of the profession
According to the American Bar Association (ABA), “the legal profession is not just struggling through a recession but undergoing a structural break with the past. There is a growing consensus that the profession that emerges from this downturn will be different in fundamental ways from the one that entered it.”
Over the next three months, the ABA will be profiling 50 legal innovators a.k.a. Legal Rebels. These Legal Rebels are finding new ways to practice law, represent their clients, adjudicate cases and train the …
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SPOTLIGHT ON CURACAO
Curacao economic country survey inserted in the New York Post
In May 2009, United International Press (UIP) issued a special bulletin on Curacao, the Netherlands Antilles, in an insert in the New York Post. UIP has also placed the bulletin on its website. Curacao is described as a Caribbean Hub with Investment Appeal. Amongst various government institutions and businesses, Spigthoff Attorneys & Tax Advisers is also mentioned (click here).
According to its website,
“United International Press is a media agency specialized in the production of comprehensive economic country surveys inserted in the New York Post. …
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PLC CROSS BORDER LAW FIRM RECOMMENDATIONS
Netherlands Antilles
According to PLC Cross Border (Which lawyer?), Spigthoff Attorneys & Tax Advisers is one of two firms dominating the Netherlands Antilles market for international work, both on- and offshore.
Spigthoff ranks high in corporate / M&A and dispute resolution.
Martijn Welten, who specialises in corporate law, mergers & aquisitions and corporate litigation, is (highly) recommended in the areas of dispute resolution and corporate/M&A.
Karel Frielink comes recommended in the area of high net-worth private clients. Karel is highly recommended in the areas of …
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FINAL POSTING OF 2008
This will be my final posting for 2008. What a year. It feels as if the whole world has changed more rapidly than ever before and not only as a result of the economic turmoil. The year 2009 is about to begin and it won’t be an easy year. Many will suffer from the crisis. There still will be tensions between countries and populations. There still will be war. However new faces and new voices in the political arena may change things for the better. Let’s hope so.
Thanks to the ‘credit crunch’ we, as attorneys, are faced with …
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NEW PRESIDENT CURACAO BAR ASSOCIATION
Meeting held on 12 December 2008
At the Curacao Bar Association’s annual meeting, Karel Frielink (Spigthoff) was formally elected to serve as President of the Curacao Bar Association for a two year-term. He is the successor of Eric de Vries (HBN Law).
Eric Bokkes (Bokkes Fontein Advocaten), Daniel Zahavi (ZL Law) and Chester Peterson (Sulvaran & Peterson) have been re-elected as board member of the Curacao Bar Association: Peterson as Vice-President, Bokkes as Treasurer and Zahavi as Secretary.
Frielink started practicing as an attorney in 1989 in Amsterdam, but moved to Curacao in 1997. He is a partner with Spigthoff …
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