HBN Law & Tax

You can contact us for specialized advice on all corporate matters, including corporate structure, joint ventures, management buy-outs & buy-ins, board decisions, powers and liability of directors and officers, shareholder disputes, litigation and arbitration, establishment and liquidation of legal entities.

Our M&A team of seasoned dealmakers works on a wide variety of deals in Europe and the Caribbean for companies, families, investors and private equity firms. We also assist global firms on regional aspects of international deals.

If desired, we provide integrated legal and tax advice in any corporate structure or deal. All the way from inception to the closing of the deal.

The Litigation & Arbitration experts at HBN Law & Tax have a strong reputation in the Dutch Caribbean region.

We litigate across almost all areas of law, including civil, corporate and commercial law, administrative law and tax law.

Our arbitration specialists have experience in handling complex matters before arbitral tribunals across the world.

The firm’s European team litigates before courts across the Netherlands.

In a situation where your company is in financial distress, you require expert advise from a dedicated team with understanding of and experience in complex financing structures.

Our expertise covers advice on contingency planning, debt restructuring and reschedulings, formal insolvency proceedings, out-of-court refinancings and consensual as well as non-consensual restructuring scenarios. We advise lenders and investors as well as corporates/directors, bankruptcy trustees and government institutions. In addition, our attorneys accept appointments by the court to act as receiver or administrator in a formal bankruptcy or moratorium of payments procedures.

We have particular expertise in legal proceedings concerning issues as director’s liability, fraudulent conveyances, issues regarding selective payments and enforcement of, and challenges to, security rights.

Our specialist Employment & Benefits  team led by Darlène Piar advises on pension schemes, employment agreements, labor union matters, collective dismissals, redundancy issues and reorganizations.

They also provide advice on instruction agreements for directors and officers of corporations.

Our tax specialists advice on wage taxes (among other things: withholding obligations, expatriate facilities, salary splits) and social security contributions, both in domestic and cross border situations.

The Construction team advises clients on all legal aspects of licensing, financing, building, owning and operating infrastructure and large buildings. We have vast experience with all legal and tax aspects of the development and building of roads, bridges, ports, hotels and condominium buildings.