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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Rising star partner
Practice Areas:
Banking and finance
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
Portuguese
Biography

Celia Francisco is a highly accomplished legal professional with expertise in corporate law, banking and finance, and insurance.

Celia's areas of practice encompass corporate law, banking and finance, and insurance. Throughout her career, she has undertaken various significant tasks such as establishing branches of European banks, incorporating banks and a microfinance institution, and providing legal advice to financial institutions. She has also provided legal counsel to foreign investors in major shareholding acquisitions in Mozambican operating banks and worked with foreign financing agencies in loan agreements with the Mozambican government. Furthermore, Celia has expertise in cross-border lending transactions and has offered legal guidance to multiple insurance companies.

With her comprehensive knowledge and extensive experience in the legal field, Celia Francisco is a valuable asset to the legal profession in Mozambique, and her dedication and expertise have made her a trusted legal professional in corporate, banking, finance, and insurance matters.

Recent matter/case highlights
  • Legal assistance in a transaction in which a Mozambican entity is providing security for a foreign lending;
  • Legal assistance in loan finance for the construction of a solar plant;
  • Legal assistance in loan finance to finance the acquisition of wagons and locomotives by a public company;
  • Legal assistance in loan finance for financial institution operating in Mozambique, for on leading to their clients;
  • Legal assistance in loan finance for a cement company in Mozambique
Key practice areas
  • Banking
  • Financial services regulatory
Sector expertise
  • Banking
  • Financial services
Academic qualifications
  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, in 2002
Bar admissions
  • Member of the Mozambican Bar Association, number 1112
Address:
Avenida 24 de Julho, 7, 7andar, Maputo, 1101
Mozambique
Tel:+258 8432 25623 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.cga.co.mz/en/moz/people/celia-francisco