2 December 2024
Cleber represents Esperaza Holding B.V., an intermediate holding company of Angolan State-owned Sonangol, in claims against Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of the late former president of Angola, José Eduardo dos Santos, and 13 other defendants, which include Dos Santos’ business associates, the Portuguese bank EuroBic, Cape Verde bank Banco BIC Cabo Verde in liquidation, a Portuguese lawyer of Dos Santos and his former Spanish law firm. Esperaza principal claims are for payment of € 52.6 million that was distributed to a company beneficially owned by Isabel dos Santos based on corporate resolutions which the Enterprise Chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal found to be forgeries in its decision of 15 June 2023 https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:GHAMS:2023:1387
On 18 December 2024 the Amsterdam District Court held that it has jurisdiction to hear Esperaza’s claims and rejected the defendants’ procedural requests and defences https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:RBAMS:2024:8432