Firm Name: Sewcharan Advocaten
Country: Suriname
Expertise: Civil Law
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Professional Biography:
Gerold Sewcharan has been recruiting the civil section of practice since 2008, in particular the aspects of contract law and company law. Financial law, a legal field that is also being developed in Suriname, has, however, been interested for years and has now become the most challenging for him. In addition to his professional duties, he is responsible for the administrative management of the office.
Gerold was born in Paramaribo, moved to the Netherlands in 1986 and graduated from the University of Leiden in 1995 with a specialization in Civil Law. Until 2000, when he returned to Suriname, he worked at a law firm in IJsselstein, Utrecht, as an employee. In 2001 he founded the office.
In the Netherlands he has mainly done business in the areas of administrative, criminal, personal and family law. In Suriname he is best known for his performance in large national and international criminal cases. His professional attitude led him to be asked to take care of the Criminal Procedure course of the Professional Training for the Legal Profession organized by the Suriname-Netherlands Legal Cooperation Foundation, based in Paramaribo. He was also approached by the Ministry of Justice and Police to sit on the committees for the revision of the criminal and criminal prosecution codes. In addition, he has acted as counterpart and co-lecturer in in-depth courses in criminal law (litigation) law and human rights for the Suriname-Netherlands Legal Cooperation Foundation with lawyers and judges from home and abroad, including from international courts.
In 2014 he acted as counterpart on behalf of the aforementioned foundation for the training “Convincing Pleading” and for the course “Professional Ethics and Professional Attitude in the Legal Profession”.
“I am rational, but do not ignore my intuition, care about people and love nature.”
Sewcharan Lawyers:
Founded on 6 June 2001, the legal values of the legal profession are still of great importance, so clients can expect honest, expert and independent services.