The truth will out

Current focus on the regulations surrounding offshore financial institutions is a diversionary tactic that deliberately misses the point, says Stephen Platt, chairman of BakerPlatt Group.

Results 2008 of Dutch Law firms

The trading results of the "Big Four" , De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Houthoff Buruma, Loyens & Loeff en NautaDutilh, have recently been made public. How were the results of autumn and winter 2008? Very diverse. The results can be called positive, but do show the beginning of a decline for 2009.

Luis Santine new Director of CIFA

Curaçao International Financial Services Association (CIFA) has a new director as of June 1: Mr. Luis G. Santine Jr. He is the successor of Mr. Lionel Anthony.

'We're in a bubble - and it is showing cracks'

Leading in-house and private practice lawyers in Venezuela acknowledged in meetings on Monday that while companies are still making money in the country, increasingly tough exchange control systems mean the future is looking even more precarious.

New lawyers St. Maarten

On May 8 lawyers Kim Huisman and Michael Snijder have been sworn in at the Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Both of them will be working with law firm Bergman Zwanikken Snow Essed.

Bijleveld and De Jager present their view on E-zones

During the First Chamber debate on the political changes within the Kingdom this week, State Secretary Ank Bijleveld (Kingdom Relations, CDA) said that she agreed with State Secretary Jan Kees de Jager (Finance, CDA) that they would mutually forward a memorandum to the Chamber regarding the E-zones before this summer.