Mr Tiago Arouca Mendes > MDR Advogados > Maputo, Mozambique > Lawyer Profile
MDR Advogados Offices
AVENIDA MARGINAL, 141
TORRES RANI, TORRE DE ESCRITORIOS, 8.º PISO
MAPUTO
Mozambique
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Mr Tiago Arouca Mendes
Work Department
Banking and Finance. Corporate M&A. Employment and Pensions. Energy and Natural Resources. Infrastructure.
Position
Managing Partner at MDR Advogados.
Career
Tiago, who is a member of the Mozambican Bar Association and the Portuguese Bar Association has been advising clients, mainly foreign, on restructuring processes, mergers, demergers, acquisition of interests or financing operations in Mozambique. He assists the clients throughout the complete business life cycle, from the approval of foreign investment projects, to corporate and winding up and/or insolvency procedures. He has advised across different sectors including banking, energy (renewable and non-renewable), extractive industry, insurance, real estate, construction, retail, amongst others.
Tiago Arouca Mendes is an accredited Industrial Property Agent (AOPI).
He regularly participates in several articles for international publications (namely on Energy, Infrastructures/PPP and Foreign Investment) and also as a speaker in his areas of activity.
Currently, Tiago is the Managing Partner of the firm.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association. Mozambique Bar Association. Member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN). CACM – Centre for Arbitration, Conciliation and Mediation (registered as an Arbitrator since 2020). International Distribution Institute (IDI) – Country Expert for Mozambique. Accredited Industrial Property Agent (AOPI).
Education
Law Degree (Nova Law School, 2013). LL.M. in International Business Law (Católica Global School of Law, 2019). Master’s Degree in Transnational Law (Católica Global School of Law, 2021).
Lawyer Rankings
Mozambique > Local law firms
MDR Advogados specialises in key sectors, such as energy, natural resources, banking and finance, and insurance, assisting a diverse array of clients including state-owned corporations, multinational companies, international banks, and governments. Managing partner Tiago Arouca Mendes primarily advises foreign clients on restructuring, M&A, and financing operations in Mozambique, while founding partner Paula Duarte Rocha brings notable experience in banking, project finance, and transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors. The firm is an integral member of the Morais Leitão Legal Circle.