HBN Law & Tax’s ‘very cooperative team, with a high level of professionalism and quick response times’ excels across a varied spectrum of practice areas and handles corporate and M&A transactions, banking and finance work, regulatory issues, tax mandates and litigation, among others. Wendell Meriaan sits as head of the firm’s tax practice, while Amsterdam-based Jan Pas is now managing partner of the firm, taking over from telecoms and energy sector expert Eric de Vries. Other key individuals include Jeroen Eichhorn, who handles corporate, banking and asset protection work; Chris de Bres, who acts in commercial litigation and arbitration; Misha Bemer, and constitutional and administrative law specialist Marcha Woudstra.

NautaDutilh’s Amsterdam office serves as the primary base for the firm’s Dutch Caribbean expertise, leveraging its Netherlands-based banking and finance, dispute resolution, financial regulatory and corporate experience to act for a client roster of global financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies. Barbara Rumora-Scheltema and Frans van der Eerden jointly lead the practice, specialising in dispute resolution and financial regulatory work, respectively; Rumora-Scheltema is also a key name for restructuring and insolvency mandates. Supreme Court litigation practice head Freerk Vermeulen also contributes, as do of counsel Pim Rank and Allart Haasjes, who acts in financial litigation.

Fielding a ‘young and very dynamic team’, which ‘goes above and beyond to understand the client’s needs, preferences and goals’, Spigt Dutch Caribbean is singled out as ‘nimble yet thorough in its advice and expertise’. The firm is particularly experienced in the banking, hospitality and healthcare sectors, handling a range of transactional and contentious work, and has also seen increasing activity relating to regulatory mandates including investigations and competition work. Maike Bergervoet, who ‘seeks practical solutions to complex matters’, leads the corporate, banking and finance, and regulatory teams; and Martijn Welten heads up the litigation practice. Counsel Sebastiaan Barten attracts effusive praise from clients for his ability to ‘bring unique qualities, skills and experience to the table’, and Oriana Minguel is the key name at associate level.

As a ‘leading law firm in the Dutch Caribbean consisting of top professionals in all areas of expertise’, VANEPS’ group attracts praise for its ‘top-notch knowledge, experience and professionalism’, which spans the full range of practice areas. Clients of the firm encompass financial institutions, national and international corporates and governmental bodies, with Google, Spotify and JP Morgan Chase as key examples. Focco Lunsingh Scheurleer leads the banking and finance, and shipping and aviation practices alongside counsel Inge van Hees-Wolswijk, while the litigation and dispute resolution department is jointly led by Rogier van den Heuvel and Roderik van Hees. Tjarda Tazelaar sits at the helm of the corporate and M&A practice, Tom Peeters is the go-to name for real estate, government and energy sector advice, and counsel Diek Fabius leads the IP offering. Of counsel Michiel Gorsira is the key name for insolvency, restructuring and insurance work, and employment work falls within the scope of Thies Leijsen and Sophie van Lint’s practices. Frank Kunneman departed the firm in mid-2023.