Roos-Marie van der Heide

Junior Attorney

Curaçao
The Belvedère
L.B. Smithplein 3
Willemstad, Curaçao
Law: +(599-9) 43 43 300
Tax: +(599-9) 73 25 400

About

Roos-Marie is a specialist in administrative law. She advises and litigates across the full spectrum of administrative law, with a particular focus on environmental and spatial planning law. She is also involved in civil law matters.

After obtaining her master’s degree in both Civil Law and Constitutional and Administrative Law from Leiden University in 2018, Roos-Marie worked for over three years at the Administrative Jurisdiction Division of the Council of State in The Hague. In 2021, she was seconded to the Joint Court of Justice in Curaçao, where she served for four years as senior legal officer in administrative appeals, supporting the handling of cases from all the islands within the Dutch Caribbean.

In 2025, she decided to transition from the judiciary to private practice, and joined HBN Law & Tax in March 2025.

She speaks Dutch and English fluently and has working proficiency in Spanish and Papiamentu.

Credentials and publications

Qualifications:

University: Leiden

Languages:

  • Dutch
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Papiamentu