Suriname: lawyers
Updated 24 March 2021
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List of lawyers in Suriname
| Name | Website | Telephone | Address | Regions served | Legal practice areas | Legal aid | Pro bono service | |
| Essed & Sohansingh | www.essedsohansingh.com/en | hers@sr.net | (597) 424231 | Prins Hendrikstraat 76-78 Paramaribo | Suriname | Business law, Company law, Construction law, Employment law, Intellectual properties, Family Law, Financial and Insurance Law, Medical law, Social Insurance, Mining law, Transport law, Tenancy Law, Telecommunications Law, Social Insurance, International Financing and International IT law, Inheritance Law. | No | Pro Bono service is only offered in exceptional circumstances. |
| Law Firm Hooplot | hooplotadvocaten@gmail.com | (597) 476406 | Watermolenstraat 36 POB 1466 Paramaribo | Suriname | Civil and Criminal law. | No | No | |
| Law Firm Schurman | www.schurman-advocaten.com | info@schurman-advocaten.com | (597) 476558/476593/ 478922/ 475974/475949 Watermolenstraat 32 POB 2942 Paramaribo | Suriname | Alimony, Business law, Contracts, Corporate law, Collection Agency, Criminal Law, Divorce, Environmental law, Foreign Companies, Immigration law, Inheritance law, Intellectual law and Labour law. | No | No | |
| Law Firm van Dijk – Silos | www.vdslawfirm.com | info@vdslawfirm.com | (597) 420837 | Prins Hendrikstraat 40 POB 620 Paramaribo | Suriname | Civil, contract and Criminal law (criminal law occasionally), Employment Law, Immigration and Real Estate Law. | No | No |
| Lawyers office Kraag | kraag@kraaglawyers.sr | (597) 477729/478580 | Ebrumastraat 63 POB 3023 Paramaribo Suriname | Suriname | Civil and Criminal law. | Yes | Pro Bono service is only offered in exceptional circumstances | |
| Lim A Po Law Offices | http://www.limapolawfirm.com | (597) 473514 | Mr F.H.R Lim A Postraat 14 POB 92 Paramaribo | Suriname | Corporate law and litigation, Aviation and Telecommunication, Banking, Finance,CSME, Collections, Estates, Family Law Insurance, Natural resources and Environmental, Criminal law and Trademarks and Intellectual Property | Yes | Pro Bono service is only offered in exceptional circumstances | |
| Mr A R Baarh* | baarhadvocaten@sr.net | (597) 475443/ 8847101 | Koninginnestraat 10 Paramaribo | Suriname | Intellectual property rights, Corporate and Commercial contracts, Family law, Traffic law, International law, Criminal law, human rights law | No | ||
| Mr Dennis Chocolaad | DFC-legal@sr.net | (597) 477511/ 474024/475063 | Heerenstraat 46 Paramaribo | Suriname | Main area of practice -Intellectual property rights, Trademark Law. Occasionally practices - Company law, Business Law, Family Law, Employment Law, Torts and Corporate Law. | No | Pro Bono service is only offered in exceptional circumstances. | |
| Mr John. Ferdinand* | johnferdinand@live.com | (597) 422800 Mobile: 8858287 | Hofstraat 17 Boc Paramaribo | Suriname | Criminal and Civil law. | No | No | |
| Carol-Ann Tjon Pian Gi | catpg@yahoo.com | +597 (0) 8861200 / +597 465339 Riekelaan 35, Paramaribo | Suriname | Corporate and Contract law, Legal Research and Advisory. | No | No |
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