Djamila Pinto de Andrade > Dentons LEAD > Luanda, Angola > Lawyer Profile

Dentons LEAD
Edifício Dália Plaza, Avenida de Portugal, 31-35, 2º Andar
Luanda
Angola

Work Department

Angola General Business Law:
Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Investment

Position

Djamila heads the Corporate, M&A and Private Investment practice areas and is also Head of Banking and Finance. She also has extensive experience in Real Estate matters. Djamila also deals with regulatory issues related to banking and capital markets.

Career

Djamila has extensive experience in advising national and foreign companies, which intend to invest, expand or restructure its business in the Angolan market. She has worked in several important transactions, both nationally and transnationally, following negotiations on commercial contracts and cross-border deals.
Her experience also includes advice and assistance to lenders and borrowers (banking and non-banking financial institutions) multilateral, sovereign and private, for public or private projects, in the most varied forms of financing. She also deals with regulatory issues related to banking and capital markets.

 

Languages

Portuguese, English.

Memberships

  • Angolan Bar Association
  • Angolan Corporate Governance Association
  • International Bar Association (IBA) – Corporate and M&A Law Committee

Education

Postgraduate degree in Capital Markets from the Universidade Agostinho Neto, Faculty of Law | Angola (2011).

Postgraduate degree in Contract Law from the Universidade de Lisboa, Faculty of Law | Portugal (2005).

Law degree from the Universidade de Lisboa, Faculty of Law | Portugal (2003).

Lawyer Rankings

Angola > Local firms

(Leading individuals)

Djamila Pinto de AndradeDentons LEAD

A key port of call for public sector entities, Dentons LEAD‘s broad caseload encompasses corporate and M&A, litigation, alternative dispute resolution, as well as employment matters. Managing partner António Caxito Marques leads the firm’s litigation and arbitration practice, while Djamila Pinto de Andrade and Raquel Lourenço jointly steer the corporate, M&A, and private investment departments. Emanuela Vunge often handles tax law, public law, competition, energy, and natural resources matters, and João Manuel Lourenço is well-versed in employment litigation.