inTrust | Practice Areas

Banking & Finance

Consultancy to financial intermediaries, insurance companies and brokers;
Constitution, registration, compliance and representation before the supervisors , administrative and law proceedings;
Capital market transactions involving the issuance and placement of securities representing debt;
Legal and financial asset management and insurance, in particular on mutual funds, real estate investment funds and venture capital funds;
Advising on the structuring, assembly and counseling loan and restructuring of capital, including project finance (representing banks or banks syndicates, as well as large enterprises in domestic and international transactions);
Legal assistance in the creation of financial products and services and E-banking;
Opinion on guarantees and admissibility of hedging risk.

Comercial Law & Corporate

Venture Capital;
Bankruptcy and business reorganization;
Corporate mergers and acquisitions;
Implementation and development of business investment projects;
Adjustment of shareholders relations;
Relationship between the boards and shareholders;
Diagnosis of legal and societal situation pre-litigation;
Agency, distribution, factoring and franchising.

Competition

Our costumers can rely on our knowledge and vast experience in issues of regulation and competition, so we provide advice and guidance in all matters concerning business, including:

Analysis and prevention of agreements between undertakings which restrict competition, abuse of dominant position, abuse of economic dependence, concerted practices, mergers and state aid;
Analysis and review of distribution, licensing and cooperation agreements, price policies, cooperation agreements between companies and guidelines issued by industrial or commercial associations of undertaking. Implementation of compliance programs to prevent the risk of default of the agreements and legislation applied;
Guidance to companies that are affected by restrictive practices;
Advising on mergers, acquisitions and joint venture, in order to proceed with a prior control of concentrations between undertakings, before the authorities.

Litigation

We represent domestic and foreign clients in litigation of various areas such as civil and criminal liability; industrial property; counterfeiting; copyright; competition; contractual disputes; litigation in areas of banking, credit recovery in proceeding in bankruptcy and enforcement procedures; corporate disputes; disputes arising from public and private works.

Our advice also includes:

Assistance pre-litigation;
Advice on the risks inherent in the judicial process;
Assistance in cases before the Mozambican courts, including the preparation of interim;
Monitoring of the process at all levels of redress available.

Tax

Tax planning of individuals or companies;
Tax planning for mergers, acquisitions and restructuring;
Resolution of tax disputes and tax litigation;
Optimal fiscal and tax saving mechanisms for national or international groups.

Real Estate, Planning & Environment

Purchase and sale property;
Licensing of building projects (commercial and industrial);
Finance and real estate investment funds;
Rent and commercial property management;
Retail and urban rehabilitation;
Environmental Impact Assessments;
Environmental license;
Licensing and certification of economic activities and emission of effluents, waste management, hygiene and safety;
Collection of evidence of use of public domain;
Hiring;
Litigation.

Employment Law

Employment contracts;
Arrangements for termination of employment contracts;
Social Security;
Advice on legal and conventional;
Negotiation/Contracting entity;
Advising on the acquisition and merger and corporate restructuring;
Monitoring and advice on process of regularization and legalization of foreign workers before the competent authorities. Negotiation and counseling for the transfer of workers between companies within the same group companies;
Disciplinary procedures;
Rules of procedure;
Training;
Policies retribution.

Energy, Natural Resouces & infrastructures

Counseling in all phases of project implementation;
Advising developers, contracting authorities, contractors, operators, lenders, etc.
Licensing;
Negotiation of concessions;
Regulation;
Privatization;
Hiring.

Intellectual Property

Intellectual Property specialists and Official Agents of Industrial Property, with extensive experience working in and with international offices, making of INTRUST an outstanding assent to the consolidation and expansion of this area of law.

Our areas of activity in this matter, are divided into the following:

Trademarks;
Patents;
Utility Models;
Design;
Insignia of establishments;
Logotypes;
Geographical Indications;
Appellations of Origin;
Domain names, including registration and maintenance of domain names “co.mz”, “org.mz”, “gov.mz” and “edu.mz”;
Copyrights;
Anti Counterfeiting;
Administrative;
Litigation;
Watch service, altering our customers about new applications of rights that may conflict with the rights under our responsibility;
Maintenance of all rights under our responsibility keeping our customers informed when it is necessary to practise acts in order to maintain their rights by force.

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