SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda. (A member of DLA Piper Africa Group) Information

SAL & Caldeira Advogados, Lda., is a leading, full-service Mozambican law firm headquartered in Maputo and with offices in Tete and a liaison office in Beira. We strive to combine local experience with international best practice to offer high quality legal services. The firm not only offers expert knowledge in its key practice areas but also works actively on legal reform in Mozambique. The firm’s clients include many multinational and national corporations including leading oil and gas and mining companies as well as other foreign investors, international banks and many diplomatic missions and international NGOs. As well as our company-specific work, we were instrumental in founding and representing the Mozambican international petroleum operators' association (Associação Moçambicana de Operadores Petrolíferas Internacionais (AMOPI)) and the Chamber of Mines of Mozambique (CMM). As such, we participate in the negotiation of legislation and regulations on behalf of the extractive industries vis-à-vis the Government in a broad range of matters, from sector-specific regulations to labor rules and tax laws. The firm also frequently represents Mozambique's Confederation of Economic Associations (CTA) in the negotiation of strategic, business-related legislation (for example, the Mega-Projects Law and the Labor Law). Although we are particularly recognized for our activity in the field of natural resources, our expertise covers the full range of legal disciplines including banking, tax, corporate, commercial, administrative law, employment, immigration and litigation. Most of our lawyers speak English as well as Portuguese.