ALC Advogados

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.

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.

Irina Neves Ferreira joined the firm in 2013. She is a lawyer with considerable international experience, especially in the Angolan jurisdiction. In this market she has been involved in operations concerning private investment, insurance law, real estate (including the support to the negotiation of lease contracts for petrol companies), tax law, foreign exchange law and customs. She is also highly experienced in corporate compliance attained throughout her experience as counsel for the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region in the international compliance team of a multinational company in the IT area. In the area of corporate and commercial law she has acted as legal advisor in several mergers, acquisitions and disposals of companies, including the acquisition and disposal of companies with head offices in Portugal and Angola, on behalf of domestic and foreign clients in various sectors, such as the oil sector, construction, information technologies and communications. Irina also provides general legal advice to numerous national and foreign companies in the areas of commercial and corporate law.