GPA Network Angola / DRA Advogados

GPA Network and DRA Advogados, an office headed by Dr.ª Dulce Lara Reais, have formed a partnership for the provision of legal services in Angola. Its stated priority is to assist clients across all relevant areas of Angolan law and to respond quickly to the needs of both domestic and foreign investors.

The partnership advises companies on day-to-day operations as well as on specific transactions. Immigration work covers legal opinion requests for work visas, obtaining and extending visas, and residence and nationality matters. Other practice areas include oil and gas (production sharing, joint operating and services contracts, local content and environmental issues), investment (registration and approval of projects before ANIP and currency exchange advice), labour (employment contract drafting, terminations, and hygiene, safety and health at work), corporate (company incorporation, brand registration, mergers, acquisitions and capital increases, board and shareholder meeting support), banking (credit agreements, bank guarantees and other collateral), insurance (policy development, claims management, life and non-life advice) and construction (including FIDIC contracts, health and safety, arbitration and conciliation).

For foreign investors, the partnership assists clients in structuring investments from their home country and works to reduce the cultural, linguistic and legal barriers common to cross-border transactions. Contact for Angolan matters runs through the GPA Network Angolan Desk in Lisbon.