SAL & Caldeira Advogados Lda

Our corporate lawyers in Mozambique support national and foreign investors, emerging start-up companies and financial institutions in their development and investment activities.

The corporate services cover a large spectrum of legal matters including: incorporation of companies, foundations, associations, registration of foreign commercial representations, operating licenses, drafting of various type of contracts, dissolution of companies, land, intellectual property (IP), competition, real estate and civil aviation.

Our clients benefit from a valuable combination of global insight and local knowledge that allows us to handle all aspects of complex domestic and cross-border corporate transactions. Understanding the industry and the day-to-day issues faced by our clients is critical to our success.

Our employment lawyers advise clients in Mozambique on all matters related to employment legislation, from the recruitment stage to retirement — helping them meet their workforce objectives.

Our experience includes: general queries flowing from the interpretation and application of labor laws (including compliance with employers’ initial and periodic obligations), drafting employment contracts, assisting clients with structuring of working hours’ schedules, conducting disciplinary proceedings, compliance with rules of hygiene and safety at work, the termination of employment contracts whether contentious or non-contentious, and pensions and social security regulations.

Our client portfolio includes: private companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), public institutions, embassies and diplomatic missions.

We partner with our local and international clients, to find solutions and manage risks in relation to their employment issues. We organize training sessions regarding various matters related to labor law.

We also have an immigration practice devoted to assisting clients in the hiring of international staff, including handling visas and residence permits. For over 11 years, our immigration lawyers have been assisting all types of organizations: companies, foreign commercial representations, associations, foundations, international agencies and diplomatic missions.

We are the only Mozambican law firm with a practice group dedicated to immigration that specializes in all aspects related to the immigration and labor status of international employees. Our immigration lawyers are duly licensed to assist clients with any immigration advice and services.

Our intellectual property and technology lawyers provide a full range of commercial, intellectual property law, privacy, sourcing and technology law services for leading businesses in Mozambique. 

Intellectual property and technology law is at the core of any major business transaction or strategic dispute and has become one of the most critical legal areas as companies continue to expand and protect their technologies, brands, products, data and services around the globe. 

We provide both litigation-related and strategic commercial advice to a wide range of industry sectors, helping clients achieve their objectives wherever they do business.

Our litigation and regulatory lawyers in Mozambique are skilled in litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution and will deploy that experience to help you devise the best strategies. 

In an environment where regulation and its enforcement will only increase, we recognize that effective compliance and avoidance of regulatory intervention are business critical issues for our clients. 

We have the local knowledge to apply the regulatory, economic, political and cultural context to legal issues and develop case strategies, including technically challenging or complex multi-jurisdictional matters. 

We have a team of lawyers with vast experience in pleading in court (before supreme, judicial, administrative courts as well as in arbitration) on behalf of clients in the private and public sectors as well as international institutions. 

We assist national and foreign clients in court in civil, labor, commercial, maritime, criminal matters and in matters of debt collection. We are also active in the resolution of conflicts through mediation and arbitration. 

We have also assisted several international clients in reviewing and confirming foreign judicial and arbitration awards, as well as their enforcement in Mozambican territory.

Our real estate lawyers in Mozambique offer a full range of services, including: acquisitions and disposals, construction law, financing, commercial real estate, land use, planning and development, leasing, environmental law, insurance and tax.

Real estate has emerged as an attractive long-term investment for investors seeking diversification and stable yields within an uncertain economy. These investors now have needs that transcend borders resulting in the emergence of a global real estate industry.

Our clients benefit from our significant experience in orchestrating complex, long-term projects that involve drafting documentation, facilitating negotiations, navigating legal and regulatory issues and, when necessary, litigating on their behalf.

Our lawyers dealing with restructuring have significant experience advising clients on the investigation, enforcement, litigation and asset recovery in Mozambique, and on a multijurisdictional basis. We advise clients on all matters relating to public and private companies in underperforming and distressed situations.

We manage assignments from the mid-market to the largest national restructurings and insolvencies and have experience with any contentious issues arising from them.

We serve a diverse client base that includes: debtors, lenders, government entities, trustees, shareholders, senior executives, as well as distressed debt and asset buyers and investors.

MISSION

Provide high-quality, internationally-standard legal services, with professionalism and in accordance with the best ethical rules, prioritizing the training of young Mozambican jurists, as well as contributing to strengthening the administration of justice in Mozambique.

VALUES AND PRINCIPLES

Quality
Upholds a standard of excellence in the services it provides. It prides itself on meeting and exceeding the rigor and service standards provided by the best international firms.

Loyalty
It is loyal to its clients. It scrupulously looks after their best interests. It avoids conflicts of interest and informs the client when such conflicts exist.

Rule of Law
Resolves, advises and acts on behalf of its clients within the legal framework. Promotes knowledge, and respective application, of the law and best practices in all activities it develops.