TTA – Sociedade de Advogados > Maputo, Mozambique > Firm Profile

TTA – Sociedade de Advogados Offices

TTA – Sociedade de Advogados
EDIFÍCIO MILLENIUM PARK, TORRE A
AVENIDA VLADIMIR LENINE, 174 - 6º DTO
MAPUTO
Mozambique
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TTA – Sociedade de Advogados > The Legal 500 Rankings

Mozambique > Foreign law firms Tier 1

PLMJ effectively supports domestic and international clients in their Mozambique-based ventures and represents Mozambican clients in investments across other Lusophone jurisdictions. Active in the oil and gas, energy, natural resources and construction sectors, the firm offers a wide range of expertise spanning cross-border M&A, tax, and foreign investment, as well as currency exchange legislation, projects, and arbitration. Leading the Africa team are Gonçalo dos Reis Martins and Inês Pinto da Costa. Martins, who has significant banking and finance sector expertise, advises international and local banks, financial institutions, and asset managers. Pinto da Costa specialises in corporate M&A and has substantial experience in Mozambican infrastructure, energy, and industrial projects. Marta Pedro contributes wide-ranging knowledge of real estate, tourism, and corporate transactions within the country.

Practice head(s):

Gonçalo dos Reis Martins; Inês Pinto da Costa

Other key lawyers:

Marta Pedro; Nuno Morgado Pereira

Key clients

Galp Energia

GIMTL

Bharat Petro Resources Limited

Standard Bank South Africa

Banco Internacional de Moçambique

FNB Moçambique

Banco Société Générale Moçambique

Banco Único

Standard Bank Mozambique

Revolut

African Import-Export Bank

Cummins Mozambique

Multichoice Africa

Nedbank

Work highlights

  • Advised Galp Energia on a USD 36 million project finance facility for GIMTL, granted by Banco Internacional de Moçambique, S.A., for constructing and operating a hydrocarbon storage and handling terminal in Matola.
  • Advised the concessionaires (Bharat Petroleum Corporation and Oil India Limited) of Area 1 of the Rovuma LNG project on a landmark USD 20 billion restructuring financing.
  • Advised Standard Bank Mozambique on various banking matters under Mozambican law, including recently representing the client in providing USD 200 million in term and revolving credit facilities to Vodacom Moçambique, S.A.

Mozambique > Local law firms Tier 2

TTA – Sociedade de Advogados, a full-service law firm and a member of PLMJ Colab, offers expertise in foreign investment, corporate and commercial, infrastructure, projects, concessions, and licensing mandates. The firm is led by managing partner Tomás Timbane, who specialises in litigation and international arbitration, with an active role in PPPs and the commercial aspects of energy, oil and gas, electricity, and mining matters. Natércia Sitoé brings experience in corporate and commercial issues, especially in relation to exports, international trade, and foreign investment. Amina Abdala focuses on public and private law, particularly public procurement, PPP, land, and regulatory issues, while Alfiado Pascoal is dedicated to civil, criminal, and employment litigation and arbitration.

Practice head(s):

Tomás Timbane

Other key lawyers:

Natércia Sitoé; Amina Abdala; Alfiado Pascoal

Testimonials

‘The team is well prepared to deal with the Mozambican legal framework.’

‘Amina Abdala is an expert in national real estate and corporate law, and Alfiado Pascoal is one of the best attorneys in court.’

‘TTA is a spectacular office. We have nothing to complain about in terms of the speed and quality with which services are provided.’

Key clients

Heineken Moçambique

Siemens Africa

Bolsa de Valores de Moçambique (Maputo Stock Exchange)

CFM – Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (The Ports and Railways Company of Mozambique)

Multichoice Africa Holdings B.V.

BCI – Banco Comercial & de Investimentos

ICVL – International Coal Ventures PVT LTD (Minas Benga)

FUNAE – Fundo de Energia

FNB – First National Bank

BIM – Banco Internacional de Moçambique

CTA – Confederação das Associações Económicas de Moçambique (Confederation of Economic Associations)

GIZ – German International Cooperation

Work highlights

  • Advising Multichoice Africa Holdings on corporate, investment, commercial contracts, employment and labour, regulatory and tax matters.
  • Advising Siemens Africa on several matters, including employment and labour, corporate and commercial, and foreign investment law.
  • Advised Auto Sueco on various legal aspects of its operations in Mozambique, including corporate, employment, commercial contracts, tax, regulatory, foreign investment, and foreign exchange matters.

TTA – Sociedade de Advogados > Firm Profile

Firm overview: TTA – Sociedade de Advogados, a member of PLMJ Colab, brings together some of the most reputable Mozambican lawyers from various practice areas. TTA’s lawyers have extensive academic and professional experience.

They boast unmatched know-how regarding the local market and combine this with a keen awareness of the international legal world. The firm is consistently recognised as a reference in the Mozambican market by international directories and awards.

TTA is a full-service firm with a solid track record in energy, infrastructure, M&A transactions and tax. While basing their professional activity in Mozambique, the lawyers of TTA work in close cooperation with PLMJ and other members of its international network to provide a seamless service to clients regardless of where they are. TTA legal services comply with the highest professional and ethical standards, supporting several social responsibility projects in Mozambique.

PLMJ Colab is a collaborative network of law firms across Portugal and other culturally and strategically close countries. International collaboration is ensured through firms specialising in the legal systems and local cultures of Angola, China/Macao, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe and Timor-Leste.

Main areas of practice
Arbitration, conciliation and mediation: TTA provides legal advice to private individuals and companies, as well as state bodies and companies, in domestic and international arbitration and litigation in Mozambican courts in commercial, civil, administrative, tax, customs and employment matters.

Tax: Legal advice, representing private individuals and companies and state bodies and companies on issues regarding tax law. Legal advice on tax matters is essential for the success of companies throughout their journey, from structuring, acquisition and restructuring operations to resolving tax disputes.

Employment and labour: Legal advice, representing private individuals and companies and state bodies and companies on issues about employment law. TTA also has relevant experience in labour litigation, judicial and extrajudicial, through mediation and arbitration.

Commercial, corporate and M&A: TTA provides legal advice in  commercial law, dealing with any contractual acts and those inherent to the activity of commercial companies, accompanying their entire legal lifetime, from incorporation, amendment of statutes/articles, transformation, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), until its dissolution and liquidation.

Public law: Legal advice in preparing and negotiating public contracts (goods and services, works, concessions), representing private individuals and companies, and awarding authorities.

Mining and natural resources: Drafting of various contracts in the mining area. Negotiation of allocation of mining concessions/licences. Due diligence work in the mining compliance area, including land and environment, for various entities, including the London and Sydney stock exchanges. TTA provides legal advice on several operations in the energy, oil & gas sectors, advising on the drafting of contracts and legal opinions on the legal framework applicable to these sectors.

Public-private partnerships: Taking into account the importance of the State Business Sector, TTA seeks to assist large national public companies and foreign investors in the most diverse public-private partnerships, bringing its vast experience into each operation.

Foreign investment: Some of the most important investments made in Mozambique were monitored by TTA in the negotiation of investment projects, in the registration of the investment with the Bank of Mozambique, in the interaction with commercial banks in the context of importing capital, as well as in the incorporation and registration of companies to the project’s implementation.

Banking, finance and insurance: TTA provides legal advice on the design, structuring and execution of financial operations, assessing and advising clients on regulatory and foreign exchange matters. The legal firm also provides legal advice on implementing and developing activities in the banking, financial and insurance sectors.

Telecommunications and IT: Ongoing legal assistance to telecommunications companies, including operations in software licensing, IT consulting, software sales, software development, domain names, e-commerce, cloud services, and the regulatory sector.

Dispute resolution (litigation): TTA has experience in highly complex national and international litigation, being able to assist national and foreign clients, outside or inside Mozambique, for all categories of litigation, including international arbitration in any area of law.

Public law: The team handle administrative litigation cases daily, including a range of matters related to the day-to-day activities of local authorities. TTA has followed the most relevant reforms in this sector, as a consultant for public entities and national or foreign private entities.

Real estate and construction: TA’s team provides legal advice on various real estate operations, in real estate developments for housing, tourism and industrial purposes and, in this context, advises its national and foreign clients on regulatory matters related to access to land for various purposes, construction of public and private works, as well as in the preparation of contracts and legal opinions on the applicable legal framework.

General legal assistance: TTA has provided ongoing legal assistance to some of the main companies operating in Mozambique.

Main Contacts

Department Name Email Telephone
Office General Contact tta.geral@tta-advogados.com +258 21 302 173
Managing Partner Tomás Timbane tta.geral@tta-advogados.com +258 843 014 479

Lawyer Profiles

Photo Name Position Profile
Amina Abdala photo Amina Abdala Senior Associate View Profile
Orlanda Niquice photo Orlanda Niquice Senior Associate View Profile
Alfiado Pascoal photo Alfiado Pascoal Senior Associate View Profile
Natércia Sitoe photo Natércia Sitoe Senior Associate View Profile
Tomás Timbane photo Tomás Timbane Partner View Profile

Staff Figures

Number of partners : 1
Number of lawyers : 9

Languages

English
Portuguese
French

Memberships

FALP - Federação dos Advogados de Língua Portuguesa
OAM - Ordem dos Advogados de Moçambique