Renata is the founding partner of PLMJ Colab – RVA Advogados and a senior counsel in the Corporate M&A practice. She has focused on the Angolan market for 15 years and has extensive experience in supporting companies that intend to set up or operate in Angola.
In addition to corporate and M&A matters, Renata advises on employment law, real estate and construction (including real estate investment undertakings), regulatory law and compliance, and private investment projects. In recent years, she has worked on technical assistance projects for Angolan public bodies in the water and sanitation sector financed by the African Development Bank.
Renata has completed postgraduate courses in human rights at the Facullty of Law of Coimbra University and in negotiation and mediation of disputes at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto.
Before returning to PLMJ, where she was of counsel and a senior associate at PLMJ's partner firm in Angola from 2012 to 2017, Renata worked as an independent consultant and was a lawyer at ALC Advogados.
- M&A
- Project development
- Project finance