VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne
About us
VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne is the leading Dutch Caribbean law firm. We provide our clients – regional and international – with practicable solutions that answer to their specific challenges and ambitions.

Corporate social responsibility
Corporate social responsibility
We are aware of the corporate social responsibility that our position as one of the largest law firms in the Dutch Caribbean entails. We support underprivileged groups in various ways. We donate to different charities and sponsor events or other initiatives, but we also offer pro bono legal services to non-profit organizations. We focus on the development of education, development of local youth, sustainability, social education and culture in the Dutch Caribbean region. Our employees also contribute to the legal system of the islands we work and live on, by holding positions in different bar associations, the Supervisory Boards for Lawyers and the Appeal Councils on the various islands.

Global Reach
Legal advice and superior client service in the whole Dutch Caribbean region and beyond.
As a member firm of Lex Mundi, we can provide our clients with preferred access to reliable legal advice and superior client service in 100 countries – all from a single point of contact. Individually, each member firm is a leader in its jurisdiction. Collectively, Lex Mundi firms provide global legal resources with unmatched depth and breadth. Working with other Lex Mundi firms, we are able to seamlessly handle our clients’ most challenging cross-border transactions and disputes. Explore the Lex Mundi global law firm network by firm name, by location or by region in the 2019 Lex Mundi Directory of Members.
Our people
Daniëlla Engelhardt
Employment law specialist Daniëlla Engelhardt works at VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne since 2014. In this role she advises employers, assists them in legal procedures and offers assistance in negotiations concerning collective labor agreements and the disputes that derive from them.
Focco Lunsingh Scheurleer
Focco Lunsingh Scheurleer has over twenty-five years of experience as an attorney-at-law and advises both lenders and investors on a broad spectrum of matters in the area of banking, finance and business law.
Esther Geerings-Jansen
Esther Jansen is the Office Director at VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne. In this role she is responsible for the Finance, HRM, IT and Marketing & Business Development departments.
Danilo Narvaez
Danilo Narvaez joined VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne as an entry level associate in September 2018. He works at the Corporate & Banking section of our firm.
Jan Willem Storm van ‘s Gravesande
Jan Willem Storm van ’s Gravesande has been active in the aviation industry since 1976. After studies in economics he studied Dutch law at the Groningen University and aviation and space law at the Utrecht University.
Diek Fabius
Diek fabius is an expert in the area of corporate law and is particularly engaged in transactions, on- and offshore commercial contracts and the DCSX listings. Diek has been working as a counsel at VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne on Curacao since April 2019.
Frank Kunneman
Frank Kunneman is an authority in the field of corporate governance. He assists stockholders, supervisory boards and supervisory directors in both advisory and litigation matters.
Inge van Hees-Wolswijk
Inge van Hees-Wolswijk is specialized in business and financial law. She advises clients, including financial institutions and insurance corporations, on, inter alia, credit facilities, collateral documentation and financial regulatory matters.
Jovanca Frolijk
Associate Jovanca Frolijk joined our Aruban office in May 2017. She works at the Corporate & Banking section of our firm.
Lorena Navia Rodriguez
Lorena Navia is a practical-minded attorney-at-law who likes to think along with her clients. She works as an administrative- and real estate specialist on our firm on Bonaire, within the section Litigation & Commercial.
Marly Buwalda
Marly joined VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne on Bonaire as an entry level associate in January 2020. She works at the Commercial & Litigation department of our firm. She has a wide legal practice area and is specialized in immigration law.
Melitza Willems
Melitza Willems joined VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne as a junior associate in September 2018. She works at the Corporate & Banking section of our firm.
Michiel Gorsira
Michiel Gorsira is a pro-active and pragmactic attorney-at-law and the driving force of our insolvency practise.
Myrthe Franken
Myrthe Franken started at VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne on Aruba as a junior associate in October 2019. She works at the Corporate Litigation section of our firm.
Randolph van Eps
Randolph van Eps has broad experience as an attorney-at-law with an emphasis on business law and business dispute resolution. He is also one of the driving forces of our Suriname desk.
Roderik van Hees
Roderik (1983) is an attorney-at-law and partner of our firm. He specializes in corporate and commercial dispute resolution.
Rogier van den Heuvel
Rogier van den Heuvel has over 15 years of experience in business and commercial litigation. He is one of the driving forces of our corporate litigation practice and a specialist in the field of competition law.
Ruthnialys Mogen
Ruthnialys Mogen is a critical thinker who approaches challenging legal issues diligently. She specializes in privacy and intellectual property and works at the Corporate & Banking section of our firm on Curacao.
Sixiènne Jansen
Sixiènne is an enthusiastic attorney-at-law who can easily switch between solving legal issues and providing hands-on assistance to her clients. Due to her broad interests she works on corporate, banking and M&A matters and has also discovered a passion for competition law.
Sjurdriëlle Osepa
Sjurdriëlle Osepa started as a junior associate at VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne in September 2019. She works at the Litigation & Commercial section of our firm in Curacao.
Sophie van Lint
Sophie van Lint is an expert in the field of employment and public service law, the law of obligations and real estate. She mainly advises and assists governmental bodies and clients in the public sector, for instance in legal proceedings.
Thies Leijsen
Thies Leijsen is an experienced attorney-at-law and head of our Employment & Pensions team.
Tiffany de Palm
Tiffany is a fast paced and critically thinking attorney-at-law. She specializes in corporate, finance and commercial matters.
Tjarda Tazelaar
Tjarda is an expert in corporate law and the head of our M&A team. He specializes in mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and restructurings.
Tom Peeters
Tom Peeters is an experienced and specialized real estate attorney-at-law, managing partner of our firm and local manager of our Aruba and Bonaire offices.
Vin Soeltaansingh
Vin Soeltaansingh started as an associate at VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne in 2018. He works at the Commercial & Litigation section of our firm.