Isabel Pinheiro Torres
Abreu AdvogadosAbreu Advogados offers expertise in the renewable energy, mining and infrastructure sectors, and is well known for advising on project development matters. The team is equally strong in assisting domestic commercial banks with litigation and debt collection cases. The firm works in partnership with Maputo-based firm JLA ADVOGADOS and its managing partner Zara Jamal, who co-heads the practice with Ana Sofia Batista and José Maria Corrêa De Sampaio in Lisbon. Jamal has extensive expertise in handling project finance matters, often in the banking and finance, real estate and energy sectors, and Corrêa de Sampaio handles corporate and M&A work. Batista is experienced in private equity transactions and M&A deals.
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Key clients
- Limak Group
- Painhas
- Portucel Mozambique
- TOTAL
- Open Spiral, SGPS, SA
- HCB Mozambique
Work highlights
- Advised TotalEnergies on the financing and development of the Area 1 LNG project in Mozambique.
- Advised HCB Mozambique on a financing transaction for Hidroelétrica de Cahora Bassa S.A.
- Advised Portucel Mozambique on a prominent integrated forestry project.
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Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ana Sofia Batista, Zara Jamal, José Maria Corrêa de Sampaio