JLA Advogados

Overview:

JLA Advogados is a Mozambican law firm that provides its clients with services of high quality in various practices of law. We are a firm in great expansion in the market and one of the most dynamic in Mozambique, with experienced professionals who are deeply knowledgeable about Mozambican law. JLA’s lawyers are committed to meeting the needs of their clients in any project carried out in Mozambique or abroad. We have a team of professionals prepared to respond to the needs of all Mozambican or foreign clients who wish to invest in Mozambique, in any of its provinces, or Mozambican companies that want to invest in other countries.

We are an independent law firm that fosters institutional links with various international law associations and foreign law firms.

Practice Areas:

  • Banking and Finance Law
  • Civil Law
  • Commercial Law (Investment, International Trade and Tourism)
  • Corporate Law (Corporate and Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions)
  • Employment Law
  • Litigation (Arbitration and judicial dispute settlement)
  • Public and Regulatory Law (Electricity, Oil & Gas, Mining, Transport and Telecommunications)
  • Tax Law

Portuguese, English

Rua dos Desportistas, nº691 Edifício JAT 6.1 13º Piso, Fracção Norte, Maputo, Mozambique

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Guide to Insolvency and Business Restructuring in Mozambique

Guide to the Enforcement of Foreign Money Judgments and Arbitral Awards in Mozambique

Guide to Mining in Mozambique

Guide to Doing Business in Mozambique

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MOZAMBIQUE D1 1
23 April 2025
The Competition Regulatory Authority (“ARC”) approved, through Resolution no.1/2025, of March 31, the Regulation of the Leniency Regime (“Leniency Regime”), ...
Mozambique
16 January 2025
Law 07/2024 of 06 June was recently published, approving the legal framework for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (herein after & MSME). Accordi...
Mozambique
19 November 2024
On June 10, 2024, the Mutual Guarantee Funds, Public Fund (MGF, PF) was created, and the Legal Framework for Mutual Guarantee Fund Management Companies were ...
MOZAMBIQUE D1 1
20 May 2024
In April of this year, the Competition Regulatory Authority (CRA) launched a public consultation process in relation to the Draft Regulation of the Leniency ...
MOZAMBIQUE D1 1
17 October 2023
The most recent firm to become a member of LEX Africa, in June 2023, is JLA Advogados from Mozambique. “Our partner firm in Angola, FBL Advogados, is a membe...
MOZAMBIQUE D1 1
3 August 2023
Mozambique’s former finance minister pleaded not guilty in a US federal court in New York in July in connection with a $2 billion corruption and money launde...
Africa Update
3 August 2023
This e-bulletin highlights key legislative and regulatory developments in the technology, media and telecommunications sectors in sub-saharan Africa.  T...
Mozambique
31 May 2023
LEX Africa is delighted to welcome JLA Advogados as our new member for Mozambique! The addition of the firm provides member firms access to more local and in...
Africa Update
31 March 2023
Africa is home to some 30% of the world’s mineral reserves, 8% of its natural gas reserves, and 12% of its oil reserves, according to the United Nations.&nbs...
MOZAMBIQUE D1 1
31 October 2022
Article by Gisela Graça and Mayara Miquidade, CGA Associados, Mozambique The new Electricity Law (Law no. 12/2022 of 11 July), entered into force on ...