BEARER SHARES IN A CURACAO COMPANY

Registered shares must be issued first According to the Curaçao act on corporate law (Book 2 Curaçao Civil Code) it is not possible to (directly) issue bearer shares. A company with only bearer shares has no shareholders’ register. Only a public limited liability company (NV) may issue bearer shares, provided that registered shares be issued… Continue reading BEARER SHARES IN A CURACAO COMPANY

PREJUDGMENT ATTACHMENT IN CURACAO

A petition is only marginally examined How easily can one obtain permission to freeze assets? The Curaçao Code of Civil Procedure provides the possibility to seize and freeze assets in anticipation of a court order to pay a certain amount or to return certain goods. This legal remedy is referred to as prejudgment attachment or… Continue reading PREJUDGMENT ATTACHMENT IN CURACAO

LAWYERS AND THE INTERNET: BACK IN TIME

A 1996 Tour of some interesting WWW sites for Lawyers In 1996 Delia Venables wrote an internet tour for lawyers (‘Around the World in 80 Minutes‘, Web Review, 1996 (3) The Journal of Information, Law and Technology; click here). She referred to the website of the Daily Telegraph as a good example of how the… Continue reading LAWYERS AND THE INTERNET: BACK IN TIME

ENQUETEPROCEDURE OVERHEIDSVENNOOTSCHAPPEN CURACAO

Behandeling bij het Gemeenschappelijk Hof van Justitie Op 5 juni 2013 heeft bij het Gemeenschappelijk Hof van Justitie van Aruba, Curaçao en Sint Maarten en van Bonaire, Sint Eustatius en Saba de behandeling plaatsgevonden van het verzoek van het Openbaar Ministerie om een enquête op grond van het Burgerlijk Wetboek van Curacao te gelasten naar… Continue reading ENQUETEPROCEDURE OVERHEIDSVENNOOTSCHAPPEN CURACAO