Address:
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, n.º 35 18ºA
1050-118 Lisboa
Cape Verde

+351 21 312 13 30

+351 21 356 29 08


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Managing partner: Nelson Raposo Bernardo
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Number of lawyers : 16
Languages: Portuguese, Creole, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Polish


Raposo Bernardo is an international full-service and a market leader law firm in the Cape Verde jurisdiction, with extended practice within all other Portuguese-speaking African countries: Angola, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe.

Regarding Cape Verde, with a team of 16 lawyers, the firm offers more than 20 years of experience by participating in the most innovative and relevant projects, regularly representing the interests of national and international players, investment and commercial banks, investment funds, financial intermediaries, governmental entities, and public sector and private agents in legal matters concerning banking, energy, aviation, pharmaceutical, tourism and leisure, and construction and infrastructure. The firm’s expertise includes advising on operations such as corporate finance and major project finance; large M&A transactions; privatisations; PPP projects; large infrastructure projects; drafts of banking, financial markets and insurance legislation; and working closely with major international law firms.

  • Arbitration
  • Aviation
  • Banking
  • Capital Markets
  • Competition
  • Corporate and Commercial law
  • Corporate Finance
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Energy
  • Infrastructure
  • M&A
  • Privatisations
  • Real estate
  • Regulatory
  • Restructuring and insolvency
  • Shipping
  • Tax

  • Banks
  • Aviation
  • Shipping
  • Ports & Logistics
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Renewable Energy
  • Telecommunications
  • Media and IT
  • Hotels and Tourism
  • Retail

Edifício Santa Maria, 3º Andar, nº 301
City, Postcode 7952-001 Chã D´ Areia, Cidade da Praia
Country Cape Verde

T: + 351 21 312 13 30
F: + 351 21 356 29 08
E: praia@raposobernardo.com
W: www.raposobernardo.com

Av. Fontes Pereira de melo, n.º 35 18ºA
City, Postcode 1050-118 Lisboa
Country Portugal

T: + 351 21 312 13 30
F: + 351 21 356 29 08
E: lisboa@raposobernardo.com
W: www.raposobernardo.com

Paseo de la Castellana, n.º 126 – 8ª
City, Postcode 28046 Madrid
Country Spain

T: + 34 917 450 874
F: + 34 915 611 850
E: madrid@raposobernardo.com
W: www.raposobernardo.com

Skylight Building – 14º piętro, Zlote Tarasy, Ul. Zlota 59
City, Postcode  00-120 Warszawa             
Country Poland 

T: + 48 22 457 7630
F: + 48 22 457 7601
E: warsaw@raposobernardo.com
W: www.raposobernardo.com

  • Angola
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Mozambique
  • Sao Tome and Principe