CGA – Couto, Graça e Associados, Lda, is a Mozambican Law Firm, with specialized areas of practice and departments offering clients tailor-made advice to meet both specific needs and those of their business.
With 35 lawyers CGA has a strong experience in corporate, concessions, PPP’s, dispute resolution, labor and investment, as well as leading practices in banking, real estate and tax. The firm has also being strongly advising in a number of industry sectors, including the energy and natural resources and infrastructure sectors.
DLA Piper Africa, Mozambique (SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda.) offers expert legal knowledge in key practice areas and works actively on legal reform in Mozambique. Firm’s major clients include most of leading petroleum and mining companies, foreign investors, international banks, many diplomatic missions and international NGOs.
The firm is ranked by Chambers Global Top Ranked, and Legal 500 EMEA Top Tier, IFLR 1000 Financial & corporate and Project Development as Tier 1 firm.
SAL & Caldeira is a member of DLA Piper Africa, an alliance of legal practices operating across Africa, Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States of America.
Our firm resulted from the merger of two law firms, SAL Consultoria e Investimentos, Lda (1999) and JCA - José Caldeira Associados, Lda (2002). After the merger, the Company was called SAL & Caldeira Advogados e Consultores, Lda (2006). In 2010, due to Mozambique Bar Association requirements another company formed only by lawyers was incorporated and named SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda. We are organised into seven Practice Groups (“PG’s”) namely: Commercial, Regulatory & Public Institutions; Finance, Banking & Insurance; Immigration & NGOs; Labour; Litigation & Dispute Resolution; Projects, Energy & Infrastructure and Tax. Each PG has a Coordinator/Head of Practice, who normally is a Partner or a Manager. In each PG there are senior consultants, consultants, and junior consultants. We are supported by our administrative staff among whom we have sworn translators.
We are a medium-sized company with a total of 74 employees (including 2 interns), of whom 32 are lawyers admitted to the Bar.
Raposo Bernardo is an international full-service law firm, with consolidated practice with the Africa law (Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe) and Europe law (Portugal, Poland and Spain).
The firm has developed strong transactional legal work regarding Mozambique jurisdiction, through a team of lawyers supported by strong international presence that addresses the increasing needs of clients throughout the world, and in particular assuring legal support in jurisdictions of Portuguese-speaking African countries. Our team offers personalised assistance to Clients in every PALOP jurisdiction, ensuring the provision of legal services of the highest quality. It is a multidisciplinary team and is composed of lawyers covering all the main practice areas.
We are a team of lawyers registered in the Mozambique Bar Association, recognised for our work in strategic sectors such as banking and financial services, energy and natural resources and domestic and foreign private investment.
Our clients may always rely on a balanced combination of knowledge of the Mozambican legal landscape with experience and participation in complex international transactions.
At MDR Advogados, we provide a global service, responding to the needs of domestic and international clients, both in terms of day-to-day support and in strategic project assistance. Our lawyers have highly relevant experience in foreign investment, banking and finance, regulation, business and corporate and project finance support.
Now that Mozambique is experiencing rapid and permanent growth, MDR Advogados stands out in the Mozambican market as a touchstone for legal services provision, dedication to client demands and articulation with international networks.