OUR LAWYERS
Our team is comprised of genuinely gifted minds
Through commitment to our clients we have over time had the good fortune to attract professionals who share our values to our firm.
Our team has grown in an organic and diverse way to include driven lawyers with a variety of affinities for a broad range of practice areas.
We welcome the opportunity to be of service and are open to contributing to solutions which benefit our clients in and out of court.
Hans acts as local counsel to a substantial part of the international mining companies active in Suriname. He advises on a wide range of local issues, including: exploration and exploitation rights, third party rights and rights of indigenous communities.
In addition, Hans advised the mining industry in major projects, including: the capital and maintenance dredging of the waterway of the Suriname river, the production of the Bakhuis bauxite mine in the Western part of Suriname, as well the sale of BHP Billiton Suriname's shares to Alcoa.
Hans is also involved in banking and commercial in cross-border settings, and advised in the Euro 28,000,000 refinancing of the Suriname Bridges Project, and in the US.$. 24,000,000 refinancing of the Kersten Group.
He further advised on a bonds issue for the financing of a benchmark eco-tourism resort in Suriname, and the joint-venture of Argos Cementos and Vensur.
Hans has substantial expertise and experience in litigating before the Caribbean Court of Justice in Original Jurisdiction:
In 2012, Hans defended Suriname in a high profiled case against claims for breach of the external common market established by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas, in proceedings brought by a person before the Caribbean Court of Justice. See more...
In 2014, Hans filed a claim in a case for breach of the internal common market established by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. See more...
In 2017, Hans filed for restitution for breach of the internal common market established by the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. See more...
In Chambers Global 2021, Hans Lim A Po is said to provide an exceptionally deft hand in work throughout the oil and gas sphere, in addition to assisting with property seizure matters and inbound investment transactions. He is considered to be "a leading lawyer" in the market and is highly respected.
Languages
Dutch and English fluently, both spoken and written
Areas of Practice
Oil and Gas
Banking and finance
Commercial
Contracts
Corporate and business
Foreign Investment
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Joint Ventures
Litigation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Natural Resources
Significant Accomplishments
Hans is recognized in Chambers Global and Latin America, noting his growing reputation and role in cross-border and projects work, and his exepertise across corporate, banking, finance, and employment matters. He is further recognized in The International Who's Who 2011 edition of Mining Lawyers and of Banking Lawyers.
He contributed Suriname Chapters of the 2010-edition of Getting the Deal Through-Mining, and Getting the Deal Through-Anti-Corruption Regulation.
Hans is an editor for the Suriname Law Journal, the legal periodical published by the Suriname Lawyer's Association.
Bar admission
Hans has been a member of the Bar in Suriname since 1992.
Education
Hans is a graduate of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands (Civil Law 1990), and of New York University School of Law in New York, USA, (Comparative Jurisprudence 1991). In 2011, Hans graduated 'with merit' from FHR School of Law (graduated from FHR School of Law, Post-Graduate Master programme in International and Comparitive Law).
Languages
Dutch and English
Areas of Practice
General contract law
Employment law
Insurance law
Family law
Litigation
Criminal law
Bar admission
Araldo has been a member of the Bar of Suriname since 2014.
Education and background
Araldo is a graduate of the Erasmus University Rotterdam (2005, International Law and 2011, Constitutional and Administrative Law) and a graduate of FHR School of Law (2015, International and Comparative Law). Prior to bar admission in Suriname, Araldo used his legal expertise in a variety of ways, including by providing assistance to individuals in need of justice in Schiedam, the Netherlands, through Stichting Rechtswinkel Schiedam and by completing an extended secondment at a natural resources company.
Reshmie is an associate with Lim A Po Law Firm- Advocatenkantoor Lim A Po. She joined the firm in 2005
Languages
Dutch and English
Areas of Practice
Civil Law
Contracts
Labor Law
Leases
Bar admission
Reshmie has been a member of the Bar of Suriname since 2007
Education
Reshmie is a graduate of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (2005) and is following a Diploma course International and Comparitive Law at the FHR School of Law.
Lecturer
Reshmie conducted the Introduction to Law course at the FHR School of Business during the February 2017 cycle and the HR Legal Framework course at the FHR Institute for Social Studies during the August 2017 cycle.
Languages
Dutch and English
Areas of Practice
Civil Law
Contracts
Labour Law
Leases
Bar admission
Natasha has been a member of the Bar in Suriname as of june 2010
Education
Natasha is a graduate of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (2007).
Lecturer
Natasha conducted the Introduction to Law course at the FHR School of Business during the February 2017 cycle and the HR Legal Framework course at the FHR Institute for Social Studies during the August 2017 cycle.
Languages
Dutch and English
Areas of Practice
Debits
Civil Law
Labor law: dismissal issues
Family Law: divorces, guardianship, alimony, separation and division, property settlement, adoption, recognition, denial legality etc.
Corporate Litigation
Commercial Contracts
Corporate Law
Criminal Law
Seizure of movable property, real estate, banks etc.
Bar admission
Seema has been a member of the Bar of Suriname since 2015.
Education and background
Seema is a graduate from the Anton de Kom University of Suriname (2013), having obtained a Master's in Surinamese Law. Her breadth of experience include educational positions as well as providing legal assistance at a civil-law notary firm.