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PHILIPSBURG - In December 2015 Eline Ketelaars of HBN Law has been sworn in as an attorney at law by the Joint Court of Justice of Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten and of Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba.
 
Eline joined HBN Law’s St. Maarten office on 1 August 2015 as an associate. She has four years of experience working as an attorney at law in the Rotterdam office of Eversheds, one of the world’s largest international law firms, advising and litigating for national and international clients on a number of areas mainly focusing on commercial contracting, commercial litigation and corporate law.
 
Eline obtained her Master’s degree in Dutch corporate law at the Erasmus University Rotterdam and graduated cum laude from several courses at Carleton University, Ottawa. The Erasmus School of Law has awarded Eline with a Certificate of Merit, by which it demonstrates its appreciation of the students' dedication and commitment.
 
Established in 1938, HBN Law is the oldest and one of the largest law firms in the Dutch Caribbean, with over 30 attorneys spread across its Curaçao, Aruba, St. Maarten and Bonaire offices, in addition to its newly opened Dutch Caribbean Desk located at Amsterdam’s World Trade Center. As of 2013, HBN Law has been a member of the renowned Meritas network, a global alliance consisting of 7,000 lawyers.
 
 
Photo: Eline Ketelaars, second from right, at the Courthouse.
 

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