ALC Advogados > Luanda, Angola > Firm Profile
ALC Advogados Offices
MASUIKA OFFICE PLAZA
EDIFICIO MKO A, PISO 5, ESCRITORIO A
TALATONA
Angola
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ALC Advogados > The Legal 500 Rankings
Angola > Local firms Tier 1
ALC Advogados, a member of Morais Leitão Legal Circle, is often engaged in mining operations, international infrastructure projects, and M&A ventures in the oil and gas sector. The firm is steered by managing partner Catarina Levy Osório, whose legal expertise lies in corporate, M&A, banking and finance, capital markets, and private investment. Irina Neves Ferreira co-heads the corporate and M&A department, providing counsel on foreign exchange law, while Helena Prata is proficient in corporate and asset financing, SPV establishment, restructuring, and labour law.Practice head(s):
Catarina Levy Osório
Other key lawyers:
Irina Neves Ferreira; Helena Prata; Bruno Xavier de Pina
Testimonials
‘The team was very skilled and extremely well-articulated, with years of experience from other backgrounds and a friendly approach.’
‘Responsive and accurate information and guidance provided.’
Work highlights
Angola > Foreign firms
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados is vastly experienced in handling both inbound and outbound cross-border investments into Angola, and counts public entities, multinational companies, international banks, and private equity funds on its client roster. The practice is also often engaged in project finance and arbitration across the energy, natural resources, and infrastructure sectors. Claudia Santos Cruz advises on the international and cross-border aspects of investments between Portugal and Lusophone Africa, and leads the firm’s Lusophone Africa practice with André de Sousa Vieira. de Sousa Vieira excels in international energy and infrastructure project finance matters, Irina Neves Ferreira brings experience in private investment, insurance law, and real estate, while Bruno Xavier de Pina assists clients in the oil and gas, aviation, and banking sectors.Practice head(s):
André de Sousa Vieira; Claudia Santos Cruz
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘I consider them to be the leading firm in Portugal and Lusophone Africa. They have a very strong project finance practice supported by well-developed contacts and experience working across from Government which means they know how things work in practice.’
‘Irina Neves Ferreira is amazing, she is very sharp and savvy. André de Sousa Vieira is also fantastic – amazing with clients and extremely pleasant to deal with.’
‘An impressive combination of legal skills and commercial awareness. Broad experience in key Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa.’
‘André de Sousa Vieira and Irina Neves Ferreira have particular expertise in project financing structures and how they can be applied in the African context.’
‘More than once I have worked with Bruno Xavier de Pina. He is very consistent with his opinions, is an excellent professional, and gives you the confidence required to trust his advice regarding business matters.’
Work highlights
ALC Advogados > Firm Profile
ALC Advogados is a leading company in the Angolan market, as it believes in a truly independent advocacy focused on the client. It has a strong and multidisciplinary team of lawyers and combines solid local knowledge with vast international experience, thus enabling it to provide excellent legal services in the Angolan market.
The firm works with national and international clients, offering highly relevant assistance in strategic sectors such as banking and insurance, energy and natural resources, real estate, construction, industry and services. Its high quality work, combined with effective availability, allows it to be fully committed to its clients in the most challenging transactions in their sectors of activity.
ALC Advogados is the exclusive member firm of the network Morais Leitão Legal Circle for Angola. This network was created by Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados (Morais Leitão), a leading Portuguese law firm, to address the needs of its clients throughout the world, particularly in Portuguese-speaking countries. It is an international network based upon the sharing of values and common principles of action with the purpose of delivering high quality legal services to clients around the globe, to guarantee support to investors in these jurisdictions and to help them understand these diverse business and legal environments that have specific practices and standards. It encompasses a select set of jurisdictions, including Portugal, Angola, Cape Verde, Singapore and Mozambique.
By its association with Morais Leitão, the firm also benefits from being a member law firm with its associated office in Angola of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading network of independent law firms with in-depth experience in over 100 countries worldwide.
Main Contacts
Department | Name | Telephone | |
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Catarina Levy Osório | [email protected] | ||
Irina Neves Ferreira | [email protected] |
Lawyer Profiles
Photo | Name | Position | Profile |
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Ms Catarina Levy Osório | Catarina Levy Osório, ALC Advogados’s managing partner, is a dual-qualified lawyer (member… | View Profile | |
Ms Irina Neves Ferreira | Irina Neves Ferreira joined the firm in 2013. She is a lawyer… | View Profile | |
Ms Helena Prata | Helena Prata practises in numerous industries. Her expertise ranges from advisory to complex corporate and… | View Profile |
Staff Figures
Number of lawyers at this office: : 15Languages
English French PortugueseMemberships
Morais Leitão Legal Circle Lex Mundi (in association with Morais Leitão)Other
Other offices : Cape Verde Other offices : Mozambique Other offices : Singapore Other Offices : Portugal (in association with leading local firms)- Local firms
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