People

Biography
Prof. dr. Frank Kunneman was senior lecturer at the University of Amsterdam from 1986. In 1994 he became full professor of Civil Law at the University of the Netherlands Antilles, Curacao. He was Dean of the Law School for years. He is also an arbitrator, and was a deputy member of the Joint Court of Justice of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, until he joined VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne in 1999 (Managing Partner since 2000).

He is the author of six books and dozens of papers on the subjects of Civil Law and corporate governance and is and was editor (in chief) of various legal magazines and books.

Additional positions

• Professor civil law at the University of the Netherlands Antilles
• Supervisory director at Maduro & Curiel’s Bank N.V.
• Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Netherlands Antilles, which is the highest advisory body in the country, chaired by the Governor of the Netherlands Antilles (since August 2007)

Frank recently assisted:

• Aruba in dispute with the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the allocation of proceeds of the Marriott Aruba Hotel sale
• Former directors of bankrupt national airline DCA in personal liability suit brought by U.S. creditor
• Island Government of Curacao in negotiations with PDVSA, the Venezuelan state oil company, about the future of the Curacao refinery
• Supervisory Board of an oil distribution company in a dispute with its managing director

Relevant news articles

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