Banking & Finance

Our Banking & Finance team is the largest and strongest across the Netherlands and the Dutch Caribbean advising both local and international clients. Our team is able to undertake work across a wide array of financial regulatory advice in relation to credit institutions, investment funds, asset managers, brokers, insurers and pension funds and is able to handle the full spectrum of financing projects, including lending, project financing, fund structuring, securitizations and capital markets with the proper sense of urgency.
Our team has access to the required knowledge and expertise in areas such as energy, real estate and hospitality & leisure, which is a requisite when doing business on the islands, which each have their own laws and regulations.
Our people
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.
Suzanne van Boheemen
Suzanne is an experienced lawyer in banking and financial laws. She joined VANEPS on Bonaire in February 2025.
Melitza Willems
Melitza Willems joined VANEPS as a junior associate in September 2018. She works at the Corporate & Banking section of our firm.
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.
Chantally Reina
Chantally is a lawyer at VANEPS practicing in both the Corporate & Banking and Commercial & Litigation section of our firm.
Jessottiz Baart
Jessottiz deals with various issues in the field of Corporate & Banking.
Morten Sagis
Morten Sagis joined VANEPS in 2022. After working at our Curaçao office for three years, he transferred to our Amsterdam office in 2025. He specializes in corporate and commercial dispute resolution.