Mozambique

Firm overview

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.

Firm overview

CGA - Couto, Graça e Associados is a Mozambican law firm integrating multidisciplinary and focused teams with expertise in various fields of law that work in collaboration and share knowledge and information, in order to satisfy our client´s needs and expectations. Our firm embraces a spirit of diversity and inclusion and our lawyers are committed to create enduring client relationships founded in a value driven culture employing safe, pragmatic and innovative legal solutions tailored to each client´s requirements.

Our recognized expertise in the fields of corporate and commercial law, regulatory compliance and public law, banking and finance, capital markets, real estate, tax, labor and employment law, arbitration and litigation, information technology law and aviation and maritime law, afforded CGA a consistent top tear firm ranking by top ranking agencies, namely Chambers Global Guide, Legal 500 EMEA and IFLR1000 Financial and Corporate Guide. We´ve been also the only Mozambican firm listed among the Top 50 largest law firms in Africa in accordance with Africa Legal.

By being a full member of CMS, CGA is able to offer its clients a unique, comprehensive, and multi-jurisdictional approach, providing access to a global community of more than 5,800 lawyers spread across 74 cities and 44 countries.

Firm overview

SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda is a full-service law firm offering expert legal knowledge for corporate clients, while actively working on legal reform in Mozambique. Having been active in the market for 25 years, the firm has been an active player in Mozambique's legislative evolution. Part of the firm's ethos is to train new lawyers to ensure the country's lawyers are adequately trained, and in order to achieve this SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda hires law graduates as interns on an annual basis.

• SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda 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.
  
  
• The firm’s major clients include leading petroleum and mining companies; foreign investors; international banks; diplomatic missions and international NGOs. This clientele gives the firms lawyers exposure not only to Mozambican legal practices, but to legal best practices internationally. As a result, 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 Advogados, Lda is organized 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 is led by a Head of Practice, who is either a Partner or a Manager. Each PG consists of senior consultants, consultants, junior consultants, and interns who rotate amongst the PG. They are supported by administrative staff which includes sworn translators. SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda is a medium-sized company with a total of 74 employees (including 2 interns), of whom 32 are lawyers admitted to the Mozambican Bar Association.

Firm overview

FLA&A provides legal services with high standards of quality, with promptness and efficiency, tailored to meet the needs of its clients. Due to the quality and innovation of its services, is one of the most recognized local Law firms. FLA&A counts on an extensive experience and expertise on rendering diversified legal services to its national and international clients in the areas mentioned below.