ALC Advogados — Angola

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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, Timor-Leste 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. ### Languages - English - French - Portuguese ### Memberships - Morais Leitão Legal Circle - Lex Mundi (in association with Morais Leitão) ### Staffing Figures 16 Number of lawyers at this office:

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Catarina Levy Osório

Catarina Levy Osório, ALC Advogados's managing partner, is a dual-qualified lawyer (member of the Angolan and Portuguese Bar Associations), has relevant experience in Angolan law, having advised clients on private investment, tax and labour law and has been involved in major M&A transactions in Angola. ALC is very active also in energy and mining sectors, banking, capital markets, litigation and arbitration. · Corporate / M&A

Helena Prata

Helena Prata practises in numerous industries. Her expertise ranges from advisory to complex corporate and asset financing and restructuring transactions, incorporation of SPV and structured security arrangements and labour law. Highly experienced in corporate law, environment, oil and gas Helena has accompanied national and international clients in these areas. · Corporate / M&A