10 plus 1 questions about condominium rights in Aruba
1. Is purchasing a condo in Aruba just like in the U.S.A.? No, Aruba has specific legislation for the establishment of condominium rights. This legislation is based on the Dutch-system and…
Ukraine & the Cape Town Convention
The status lists for the Cape Town Convention and Aircraft Protocol have been updated to take account of the deposit of an instrument by Ukraine on 31 July 2012. The…
Aruba introduces “lemon law” for time-share buyers….Cheers!
Recent amendments to the Civil Code of Aruba now provide an extended consumer protection law for the buyers of time-share in Aruba. The need for such protection was encouraged by…
Aeropodium: 2012 Offshore Aircraft Registration Summit – September 20-21, 2012 in Aruba.
The Registry of Aruba is the Prime Sponsor as well as the sponsor of the networking dinner. The Keynote Address speaker is ing. Mike de Meza, Minister of Finance, Communications,…
Aeropodium TMF Aviiation Finance Conference – May 25th, 2012 Amsterdam
While the Netherlands has a long-standing reputation in the international aviation, banking and taxation practice, this is the first international aviation sales, finance and lease conference that is organised in…
A comparative overview of the civil and fiscal aspects of Curacao (private) Foundations and the Quebec Trust
1. Origin of the Common Foundation in the Dutch Kingdom The Foundation dates as far back as the Roman period. Although it might be argued that the term and/or concept…
The newest trust in (the global) town: the Curacao Trust
As of January 1st, 2012 the legal concept of trust has been codified and introduced in Curacao. As such Curacao is the latest civil code country to adapt the concept…
HOW DOES ISLAMIC FINANCE WORK?
The overarching principle of Islamic finance is that all forms of interest are forbidden. The Islamic financial model works on the basis of risk sharing. The customer and the bank…