Melo Alves and MFA Legal join forces to target Angola's market

Melo Alves and MFA Legal have announced the establishment of a strategic partnership targeting the Lusophone markets, with a special focus on Angola.

Melo Alves operates in the Angolan market under the brand Melo Alves Global, with the support of its partner, the Angolan law firm Eckaley. Melo Alves Global has a multidisciplinary team with significant experience in labor law, litigation, compliance, and economic criminal law. Complementing this, the MFA Legal team, which specializes in tax advisory and litigation with over 15 years of experience advising multinationals in various economic sectors, particularly in O&G, energy, infrastructure, and transport, now joins under this agreement.

According to Bruno Melo Alves and Tiago Melo Alves, partners at Melo Alves: “The complementary nature of this agreement between the two firms will result in the provision of broader and more specialized legal advice, ensured by a multidisciplinary team with deep knowledge of the Lusophone markets.”

For Samuel Fernandes de Almeida, managing partner of MFA Legal: “This partnership is part of the growth strategy and strengthening of the two firms' presence in the Lusophone space, particularly in Angola, with an integrated and highly specialized legal services offering.”

Both parties unanimously affirm: “This partnership will allow Melo Alves and MFA Legal to strengthen and diversify their service portfolio and will certainly represent great added value for the clients of both firms.”