JLA Advogados: Mozambique

Key practice areas

Financial and corporate

Energy and infrastructure

Project development

Firm overview

JLA Advogados is a Mozambican law firm that provides its Clients with high quality services in the various branches of Law.

We are a society in great expansion in the market and one of the most dynamic in Mozambique, endowed with experienced professionals with deep knowledge of Mozambican law.

Address:

Rua dos Desportistas, nº. 691

JAT Building 6.1, 13th Floor - North Fraction

Maputo

Tel:(+258) 21 317 159 Fax:(+258) 21 317 172 Email:Contact Us Web Address:https://www.jlaadvogados.com/

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CGA - Couto Graça & Associados

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SAL & Caldeira Advogados

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Avillez Bacar Duarte & Centeio - Sociedade de Advogados

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JLA Advogados

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JLA Advogados is a Mozambican law firm which is in a partnership with Portuguese law firm Abreu Advogados. JLA is led by managing partner Zara Jamal and is based in Maputo. Abreu Advogados is an international law firm from Portugal with a focus on business law. The firm has a focus on financial and corporate work but is also very active in project development.

Highlights

JLA Advogados is assisting the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) in a USD 150 million financing, for one of the largest open pit graphite mining projects in Mozambique. The team is acting as local counsel and led by partner Zara Jamal, who is assisted by Ana Sofia Batista, Mafalda Teixeira de Abreu, and Isabel Pinheiro Torres. The advice is currently ongoing.

The firm is also advising Portucel Mozambique (incorporated by the Navigator Company) in an integrated forestry project to produce wood for paper pulp and energy in Mozambique. The team, led by Zara Jamal and Miguel Teixeira de Abreu, is acting as local counsel and assisting in the client in all matters necessary to ensure the implementation of the project. The project is currently ongoing.

Key Clients

HCB Mozambique; Painhas Group; Portucel Mozambique; TotalEnergies

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Deal Name	Deal Date	Firm Name	Jurisdiction	Deal Type	Lawyer Names	Client Names	Client Role
Limak Group - Project finance	2022-02-26	JLA Advogados	Mozambique	Project finance	Zara Jamal	Limak Group	Project company
Total - Project finance	2022-02-26	JLA Advogados	Mozambique	Project finance	Zara Jamal, Ana Sofia Batista	Total	Lender
Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) - Financing	2022-02-26	JLA Advogados	Mozambique	Financing	Zara Jamal	Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB)	Lender