Mirto Murray
Mirto F. Murray was born in 1968 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and grew up there until the age of eight when his family moved to Suriname after Suriname's independence, against the grain. There he spent his teenage years and young adolescence and studied Surinamese Law at the university in Suriname. In 1989, Mirto began his studies in Dutch Law at the University of Amsterdam. After an internship in Curaçao, he was offered a job as a lawyer before his studies were completed.
Fast forward and nearly thirty years later, Mirto is still an attorney in Curaçao and is managing partner of the boutique law firm he founded, Murray Attorneys at Law, which specializes in corporate, commercial and financial criminal law and as such, provides legal advice and assistance to local and international corporations, high net worth individuals as well as local and foreign governments and government entities. The firm has a partnership with its friend and top criminal lawyer in the Netherlands, Gerard Spong.
Mirto is praised for his legal knowledge, dedication and solution-oriented thinking by his professional peers, clients and even opposing parties! At barely 31 years of age, he was the youngest dean of the Curaçao Bar Association; a record that still stands. In the past, he has taught part time at institutions of higher learning.
Mirto has also been chairman of the editorial board of the Caribisch Juristenblad and to this day he is a member of the editorial board and regularly publishes scholarly articles as well as approachable legal articles in daily newspapers. Mirto is also the editor of the now indispensable handbook 'The Parliamentary History of the Curaçao Civil Code' which is the only one that contains the complete text and explanatory notes of the Civil Code.
Besides being a lawyer, Mirto is also a member of the Supervisory Board of a financial institution and a board member of the Cultuurfonds Caribisch Gebied. In addition, he is writing a dissertation on integrity requirements for ministers and state secretaries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands and it is a cherished wish of his to write another legal novel.
Finally, Mirto is married to Flory and together they have a teenage son. With them, Mirto likes to travel the world and enjoy life, good food and, if possible, an amaretto sour.
Areas of law:
Corporate law/corporate law
Commercial Law
Banking and finance law
Criminal Law
Administrative Law
Media and Entertainment law
Assistance during court conflicts
Chambers & Partners
Chambers & Partners says the following about Murray:
2019: Mirto F. Murray founded Murray Attorneys at Law in 2017. He has a strong reputation in the Dutch Caribbean and sources indicate that he is having great success in tying large clients to his new practice.
2020: Mirto F. Murray has a practice with a broad range of services covering both agreements and litigation. He is regarded in Curacao as "someone to be reckoned with for sure" and is a skilled negotiator in mergers and acquisitions.
2021: Mirto F. Murray is renowned for his handling of mergers, acquisitions and other transactional mandates. He also provides expert advice in litigation and criminal cases involving white-collar crime.
2023: Mirto F. Murray enjoys an excellent reputation for handling mergers and acquisitions and a wide range of other transactional proxies. He also expertly advises in litigation and white collar crime cases