Specialising in projects and infrastructure, JLA ADVOGADOS is particularly active in the energy and finance spaces and frequently handles litigation and debt collection for leading banking sector clients. The firm collaborates closely with the Mozambique desk of Portuguese law firm Abreu Advogados, with managing partner Zara Jamal, who focuses on project finance, real estate, banking, and energy financing, leading the team. Supporting her are Edna Sacate in debt recovery and judicial matters, Absalão Mapanze in litigation and arbitration, and Deivid Sacur in public and labour law.
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Key clients
- HCB Mozambique
- Limak Cimentos
- Open Spiral, Sgps, Sa
- Painhas Group
- Portucel Mozambique
- TOTAL
Work highlights
- Advised the French Development Agency on a financing operation for Hidroelétrica de Cahora Bassa S.A., the Mozambican company operating the Cahora Bassa Dam hydroelectric power plant, aimed at the "Vital Capex" programme for rehabilitating and modernising the dam's electricity production system.
- Advised the senior creditors, including export credit agencies and the Africa Development Bank, on the financing and development of the Area 1 LNG project in Mozambique in the Rovuma Basin.
- Assisting Portucel Mozambique, which received two land use permissions from the Mozambican state, with establishing forestry plantations for industrial and commercial exploitation.
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Zara Jamal