A key contact for clients in the banking, finance, energy, and TMT sectors, PLMJ Colab Angola - RVA Advogados is knowledgeable of commercial law. Renata Valenti leads the Luanda branch and handles corporate, M&A, employment, real estate, and regulatory law matters, while Emmanuel da Silva is proficient in corporate, commercial, and employment law. Barros Gaspar Simão specialises in employment and civil litigation.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The PLMJ/RVA TMT team is very experienced and has solid knowledge in the Angolan telecommunications sector.’
  • ‘Strengths include geographical presence, immediate response, deep knowledge and experience in market concepts and themes.’

  • ‘They designate a project manager to manage the objectives set, establish specific monitoring rules, define the challenge schedule, communicate with the project audience and analyse performance.’

  • 'They invite the audience to participate in the project, segment the plan as desired, and tailor submitted ideas to emphasize what's crucial. This approach enables the team to formulate tasks and allocate resources, ensuring the effective implementation of ideas both at the project level and within the organizational structure of the firm.'

Key clients

  • Galp Energia
  • Recherche Exploitation Produits (REP)
  • Afentra PLC
  • OLEA Insurance Solutions Africa
  • Be Water
  • Huawei
  • Unitransfer
  • BayQi
  • Sociedade Mineira do Kaixepa
  • Angola LNG
  • Samsung Electronics
  • SUEZ Group

Work highlights

  • Advising Galp Energia on the sale of the group’s (i) 9% non-operated stake in Block 14, (ii) 4.5% non-operated stake in Block 14K and (iii) 5% non-operated stake in Block 32.
  • Advising Afentra PLC on the acquisition of four non-operated stakes from: Sonangol P&P and INA d.d.
  • Assisting Be Water in the Angolan province of Lunda Norte to rehabilitate a water supply chain.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Renata Valenti

Other key lawyers

Emmanuel da Silva, Barros Gaspar Simão