ABOUT CURACAO FIRST
Curaçao is the Pearl and the Capital of the Caribbean
Large corporations, (hedge) funds and wealthy individuals (including classical musicians, pop artists, DJs, athletes, tennis players, golf players, entertainers, composers, fashion models) may benefit from the friendly Curacao tax climate. Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) based companies and foundations can be used to relieve taxes on dividends, interest payments and royalties (royalties can be earned from, e.g., performances, trademarks, copyrights, film rights and patents). It is of importance to mention that Curacao is not listed on any OECD or FATF blacklist. Curacao is OECD and FATF compliant.
Despite the recent revolutionary changes of the fiscal and e-commerce legal framework in Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), the Island is still not discovered on a broad scale by foreign exporters, especially exporters in Asia (China, Japan, Singapore, India, etc.).
In particular exporters in Asia should consider exporting to Latin America using Curaçao as a hub. Curaçao is an ideal location at the crossroad of trade between Latin America, Asia, the United States and Europe.
Curaçao offers many (regional) advantages such as:
* Logistic center for the Caribbean and Latin America
* Highly qualified human resources
* Very favorable fiscal environment
* Extensive international banking and financial services
* Part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
* Total E-solutions
* Excellent infrastructure
CURAÇAO IS THE GATEWAY TO LATIN AMERICA
ABOUT KAREL
KAREL FRIELINK is a partner at Spigthoff Attorneys at Law & Tax Advisers. He graduated in Dutch civil law and notarial law at the Free University of Amsterdam. Attorney since 1989. In the Netherlands worked for Russell and Loeff Claeys Verbeke; in Curaçao at Smeets Thesseling Van Bokhorst Spigt and at Loyens & Loeff. Specialties are a.o. corporate law, securities law and e-commerce.
Karel is an experienced litigator. He is a frequent commentator on corporate and securities case law developments and (co-)author of numerous books and articles on various aspects of Dutch and Netherlands Antilles law, and he has also served as a lecturer at the University of the Netherlands Antilles on 'conflict of laws' (private international law). Karel is the author of the leading legal text book on Netherlands Antilles and Aruba corporate law (2nd edition 2006; 340 pages).
Memberships: Dutch Bar Association; International Bar Association; Dutch Securities Association; fellow of the Business & Law Research Centre, Radboud University of Nijmegen.
Karel is admitted to both the Amsterdam Bar (the Netherlands) and the Netherlands Antilles Bar. He is residing in the Netherlands Antilles (Curaçao) with a lovely wife (Carla) and two daughters (Yvette en Pascale).
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/karelfrielink ) and Ryze (
http://www.ryze.com).
Please visit Karel's Legal Blog:
http://www.curacao-law.com/ or add to your favorite feeds:
http://www.curacao-law.com/?feed=rss2. Part of the blog is in Chinese and Japanese.
ABOUT SPIGTHOFF
Spigthoff Attorneys at Law & Tax Advisers is an independent law firm, established on January 1, 2001. The principal office of the firm is located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Spigthoff also has an office at Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. The Amsterdam office of Spigthoff concentrates on corporate, tax and securities law, with a focus on dispute resolution.
The Curaçao office of Spigthoff is a full service law firm, offering services in any commercial area of law, including tax law. The Curaçao tax department, headed by Mrs. Xandra Kleine-van Dijk, formerly with Baker & McKenzie in Washington DC and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Curaçao, is in particular experienced in international financing structures involving the Netherlands Antilles.
Spigthoff currently employs about 45 attorneys and tax advisers. The partners in Spigthoff are experienced attorneys and tax advisers, who joined from large other firms. They are well seasoned in complex legal matters while some cases became landmarks in their field.
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