Our Team
Johan Sjiem Fat
Johan was born in Aruba on December 25, 1954. He was educated in the Netherlands and in the USA. He obtained a law degree (LLM in Dutch Law) from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands in 1977. In 1977, he was admitted to the Bar in Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles and joined the firm founded by his father Paul Valentijn Sjiem Fat.
In 1980 he obtained a Master’s of Comparative Law Degree (MCL) from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington DC, where he concentrated in his studies on international law, tax law, commercial law and comparative law. He has practiced law in Aruba ever since. After working for 15 years with his father Paul Valentijn Sjiem Fat, the founder of the firm, he took over the firm when his father retired in 1992. Johan is also a member of the International Trademark Association. Johan was a member of the committee that drafted the Aruban Constitution and is a former President of the Aruba Bar Association.
LANGUAGES: Dutch, English, Spanish & Papiamentu
E-MAIL: [email protected]
Gabriela Sjiem Fat
Gabriela was born on October 9, 1984. She was educated in the Netherlands. She obtained a law degree (LLM in Dutch law) from Leiden University in 2011 specializing in Jurisprudence and Philosophy of law. Prior to being admitted to the Bar in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten and the Caribbean territories of the Netherlands in 2013, Gabriela worked as a trainee for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands in Washington D.C. and as a junior associate at the International Fund for Agricultural Development in Rome. In 2013, Gabriela returned to Aruba to work alongside her father Johan Paul Sjiem Fat in the firm founded by her grandfather Paul Valentijn Sjiem Fat.
LANGUAGES: Dutch, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Papiamento.
E-MAIL: [email protected]
Olivia L. Sjiem Fat
Olivia was born on the 9th of July 1981. She was educated in the Netherlands and in Aruba. In the Netherlands, she obtained a bachelor degree in Physical Education from the Hanze Hogeschool in Groningen and a bachelor degree in Communications Science from the University of Amsterdam. After working in these fields for a couple of years she went back to school to study law. She obtained a law degree (LLM) from the University of Aruba in 2017. In 2017, she was admitted to the Bar in Aruba, Curacao, Saint Maarten and the Caribbean territories of the Netherlands. Prior to being admitted to the Bar, Olivia worked for five (5) years as a paralegal at Sjiem Fat & Co. Olivia now works alongside her father Johan Sjiem Fat and sister Gabriela Sjiem Fat in the firm founded by her grandfather Paul Valentijn Sjiem Fat.
LANGUAGES: Dutch, English, Spanish & Papiamentu
E-MAIL: [email protected]
