PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial
We provide legal assistance in all aspects of a legal-commercial nature, ranging from the incorporation of commercial companies, licensing, preparation of deliberative minutes, contracts or memorandums, assistance with restructuring processes, insolvency, extrajudicial recovery and judicial recovery.
Intellectual property
We specialize in the registration of intellectual property rights (trademarks, patents, designs, trade names, emblems, etc.), including assistance in opposition processes and graceful and contentious mechanisms for the protection of intellectual property rights.
Taxation
Our team provides a wide range of legal and tax services in matters of national/local and international trade, ranging from conforming our clients’ tax operations to the Mozambican tax legal system, preparing opinions and managing tax conflicts.
Banking and financial services
We provide legal assistance to the entire banking industry and financial services, from the incorporation of credit institutions and financial companies, compliance and legal compliance with the generic and regulatory body of legislation (Bank of Mozambique), debt collection (extrajudicial and judicial recovery) and compliance with guidelines risk management and anti-money laundering rules.
Immigration
We specialize in services relating to the legal regime of foreign citizens with regard to their entry, stay and exit from Mozambican territory, involving the processing of work, business and border visas, among others, including residence or work permits.
Labor
Our team guarantees assistance to clients in their legal and labor relations, taking into account the legal and labor framework in force in Mozambique. Therefore, our legal advice on labor matters ranges from recruitment, hiring, drafting contracts, training and capacity building of human resources managers, restructuring the workforce and processing emerging disciplinary proceedings.
Mineral Resources and Energy
We provide legal assistance in the exercise of rights and duties related to the use and exploitation of mineral resources, including regulation and tax matters in mining operations. The mentioned legal assistance in mining operations ranges from the registration process of the company, acquisition of the mining title and the land occupation rights, environmental licensing and management of emerging conflicts.
As for the energy area (oil, gas, electricity and renewable energies), our assistance ranges from public procurement, signing contracts (concession, production sharing or provision of services), production, marketing, transport and distribution.
Litigation
Our litigation team supports our clients’ legal proceedings in various areas: civil, Intellectual Property, labor, commercial, criminal and administrative, which implies the preparation of documents, consultation of processes, trust in processes, follow-up in preliminary hearings, discussion and judgment; filing and allegations of appeals; assistance in judicial/extra-judicial sales, among other procedural phases.