DOING BUSINESS IN SURINAME

Schurman Advocaten specializes in assisting foreign companies and organizations to establish a branch or company in Suriname. We advise you regarding registration with the Chamber of Commerce, we advise your company which permits, visas and work permits you need and how to apply for them. We take care of housing and transportation, in short we solve any problem you may encounter when settling down in Suriname.

Suriname has a number of international banking institutions and we will advise you which documents you need for opening a bank account. We accompany you throughout the process and do so in close contact with you, the client.

Both employers and employees turn to Schurman Advocaten when it comes to questions and conflicts within labor law. This may have to do with working hours, with compensation, with days off but also with safety and working conditions. And of course, we also advise you in dismissal cases or any other way to terminate the employment contract.

Schurman Advocaten specializes in assisting foreign companies that want to hire employees in Suriname but also those that want to employ foreign employees in Suriname for their company.

Contract law deals with matters such as the terms, duration and termination of contracts. Contract law is part of contract law, a subfield of civil law. It deals with obligations. An obligation results from a unilateral or bilateral legal act or an actual act (such as a tort) between persons. These persons can be either natural or legal persons.

If one of the parties fails to perform the contract and this can be attributed to him (i.e. it is his fault or it is at his risk), there is a breach of contract. This can include either the debtor failing to perform at all, or failing to perform on time, or performing improperly. The other party (the creditor) then generally has the following rights:

• claim that the other party still performs the contract and compensates the damage suffered as a result of the late performance of the contract;
• claim compensation in place of the performance that the other party was obliged to perform;
  rescind the contract and claim compensation for the damage suffered as a result of not fulfilling the contract but rescinding it;
  claim partial termination and partial performance.

What can Schurman Advocaten do for you in this respect?

The lawyers at Schurman Advocaten will read the contracts before you sign them and advise you regarding possible adjustments in your favor. They will discuss with you what the possibilities are to force the other party to comply with the terms of the commitment or whether it might be better to dissolve the commitment. Together we will decide which way to go. The state of the case and the chances are always explained to you.

Schurman Advocaten knows like no other the possibilities that corporate law offers to achieve the best result for an organization. They are resolute in their advice and used to acting as a sounding board for the entrepreneur in making both everyday and strategic decisions.

Schurman Advocaten acts for the State and for decentralized governments, as well as for multinational and national companies and not-for-profit institutions.

What can Schurman Advocaten do for you?

Schurman Advocaten assists and supports its clients with all common questions and problems relating to litigation and arbitration, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, restructuring, fund formation and financing, public-private partnerships.

Contract law is a subfield of civil law. It deals with obligations. An obligation results from a unilateral or bilateral legal act or an actual act (such as a tort) between persons. These persons may be natural or legal persons. The law of obligations is governed by the Civil Code.

It can be an obligation from the law, an obligation from a contract or a natural obligation. Obligations from the law include those resulting from a wrongful act. Examples of contracts are: purchase agreement, rental agreement, employment contract.