
Jeroen de Baar
Attorney / Partner
Jeroen studied Civil Law and Business law at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. He is one of the three founding partners of BBV Legal in Curaçao and has previously worked at other reputable law firms in Curaçao. Jeroen is currently managing partner of BBV Legal and also representative of the firm for the Curaçao International Financial Services Association (CIFA). He has a general practice, with a focus on corporate law and intellectual property law. Jeroen was a longtime member of the editorial committee of Caribbean Legal Journal (CJB), a magazine for Dutch Caribbean law, and has written numerous articles on matters within his areas of expertise. He is a member of the Curaçao Bar Association. Jeroen is an active golf player and he has participated in many local competitions and international events.
t +599 9 461 8899
m +599 9 525 7764

Ursus van Bemmelen
Attorney / Partner
Ursus studied Civil Law, Economics/Accountancy, and Philosophy at the VU University in Amsterdam. He is winner of the Prof. Mr. T.J. Dorhout Mees Award (2000). Ursus is a partner at BBV Legal. He previously worked at a reputable law firm in Curaçao, and prior to that Ursus worked in the Netherlands as an attorney at law, staff member at the Court of Appeal Amsterdam and assistant Philosophy Professor at the VU University in Amsterdam. Ursus is coauthor of Kluwer’s case law guide on the insurance practice. Also he is a lecturer on Law of Property and Law of Obligations. Ursus is a member of the Curaçao Bar Association. He is multiple national chess champion and member of the Curaçao national team. In September 2016, Ursus was awarded the international chess title of FIDE Master, following the Chess Olympiad in Baku, Azerbaijan.
t +599 9 461 8899
m +599 9 523 4432

William ten Veen
Attorney / Partner
William studied Civil Law and Public Law at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He is a partner at BBV Legal, and previously worked at other reputable law firms in the Netherlands and in Curaçao. William is a specialist in employment law. William lectures employment law and since September 2006 he has his own employment law column in the Amigoe, the largest Dutch newspaper in the Dutch Caribbean. William is a member of the Curaçao Bar Association, and the Antillean Lawyers Association. In his spare time, William enjoys playing tennis.
t +599 9 461 8899
m +599 9 526 5197

Sonja Mulder
Trademark Assistant / Collection Agent
Sonja assists with all types of trademark matters and handles our contacts with the Bureau for Intellectual Property in Curaçao and with our (trademark) colleagues in the region. Also, she assists with collection matters.
t +599 9 461 8899