David Wever
Practice Experience
David Wever’s practice focuses on corporate matters, as well as contract law, employment law, and administrative law. In addition, David regularly advises clients on banking and insurance regulatory issues. Furthermore, he is experienced in finance with a special emphasis on aircraft financing and registration. David is a general litigator with a focus on corporate, civil and administrative litigation.
The Court has appointed David as bankruptcy trustee (curator) in numerous bankruptcies. He has also worked on plentiful business start-ups involving both domestic and international investors, including the registration and licensing of branches of multinational entities. The latter also involved immigration matters for foreign officials.
David Wever is also well known for his ample experience in debt collection. He assists local and foreign companies by formulating collection claims, placing embargos and if necessary obtaining court orders for payment of debts.
Before joining AMDC Law, David was an attorney at law at VanEps Kunneman VanDoorne, working at the Aruba and Curaçao office. He was a prominent member of the corporate, aviation and energy practice group. He also assisted sizeable telecommunication companies in administrative litigation against the regulator.
Examples of experience include:
- Successfully assisting a large American insurance company with establishing a medical insurance company in Aruba and obtaining a license from the Central Bank of Aruba for those purposes.
- Counseling various clients on employment agreements and on other labor questions, plus litigation on behalf of corporate clients relating to immediate dismissal and termination proceedings.
- Litigation on behalf of a contractor regarding a sizable streetscape project and school renovation project.
- Advising a Kazakhstan airline on the expansion of its fleet, including registration of various Airbus, Boeing and Embraer aircraft in Aruba and acting as transaction counsel on behalf of United States, European and Brazilian investment institutions, in connection with the financing of the purchased aircraft.
Bars and Courts
David is admitted to the bar and licensed to practice law in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba.
Education
David obtained his law degree at the University of Groningen in The Netherlands.
Languages
- English
- Dutch
- Spanish
- Papiamento
