People

Biography
Michiel Gorsira joined Van Doorne in Rotterdam in 1981. In 1985 he moved to Curaçao and joined VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne, where he was appointed partner with the firm in 1988.

He was Secretary (July 1988-June 1992) and later President (January 1995-June 1997) of the Curacao Bar Association. He was also President of the Foundation for Professional Training of Lawyers admitted to the Netherlands Antilles Bar (June 1996-June 1997). Furthermore he was a member of the editorial staff of the Netherlands Antilles law journal TAR-Justicia, a member of the Supervisory Board for Lawyers admitted to the Bar of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba (April 1995-June 1997) and also a member of two Governmental Advisory Committees on the Curacao Militia and the Netherlands Antilles Social Security Bank.

In June 1997 he returned to the Netherlands, where he joined Simmons & Simmons, until his return to VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne in Curaçao in May of 2008.

Michiel recently assisted:

• A waste management company on a breach of guarantees under a Share Purchase Agreement
• Litigation regarding the professional and personal liability of a U.S. receiver and his U.S. counsel
• Project developers, associations of owners and landlords in real estate and land- and property lease/rental issues all over the Dutch Caribbean
• Trustee in the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Securities N.V.
• Various litigation regarding construction, zoning and building permit issues all over the Dutch Caribbean
• Windward Insurance Solutions in its purchase of the Netherlands Antilles insurance company Pearl General Insurance and of insurance broker Verzekeringswinkel Pearl

Relevant news articles

• No compensation for non-recoverable costs by hospital
• Test case Sehos regarding unpaid bills uninsured
• Successful takeover
• Third Bankruptcy Report - Lehman Brothers Securities N.V.