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Djamila Pinto de Andrade, Partner
Djamila Pinto de Andrade, Partner

Djamila Pinto de Andrade

Partner Banking & Finance; Corporate and M&A; Energy & Natural Resources.

Djamila Pinto de Andrade

Djamila Pinto de Andrade joined PRIME Advogados, the exclusive member of VdA Legal Partners in Angola, in 2025 as a Partner.

She has been working on various operations related to government debt issuance, representing the Angolan state and the international financial organisations that finance public projects.

She advises on setting up and incorporating management companies and collective investment undertakings, specifically on the structuring and incorporation of securities and property investment companies and funds, as well as venture capital funds and companies. She also provides ongoing legal advice on regulatory matters in the area of banking and capital markets law.

She represents national and foreign investors in matters of corporate law, mergers and acquisitions and private investment (under both general and special regimes, including mining) and has advised clients in the energy, natural resources, consumer, and infrastructure sectors on major transnational transactions.


Awards and Rankings

  • Djamila Pinto de Andrade is a very commercial and pragmatic lawyer. She understands what is important to the client but also knows what is within the client's reach.
    General Business Law | Angola |  Band 1
    Chambers Global, 2025 
  • Local firms | Angola | Leading Partner
    Legal 500, 2025
  • Financial and corporate | Angola |  Highly Regarded Lawyer
    IFLR1000, 2025

Law Degree from Universidade de Lisboa, Faculty of Law.

Postgraduate degree in Contract Law from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Law.

Postgraduate degree in Financial Markets from Universidade de Lisboa, Faculty of Law.

Before joining PRIME Advogados, she was a founding partner of Dentons LEAD (2017-2025) and a partner at FBL Advogados (2008-2017).

Author and co-author of various publications on matters within his fields of expertise, namely:

  • “Direito e Prática: Banca e Finanças Angola 2019”, published by Chambers and Partners
  • “Capital de risco como alternativa de financiamento para empresas angolanas”; Revista de Estudos Avançados da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Agostinho Neto, Vol. 2

Admitted to the Angolan Bar Association.

Portuguese, English.

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VdA Legal Partners stands for all lawyers and independent law firms associated with Vieira de Almeida for the provision of legal services.

We offer a unique blend of international technical expertise with a commercial mindset and in-depth knowledge of local markets. Each instruction received by VdA Legal Partners is diligently handled by multidisciplinary teams comprised of subject-matters specialists and local practitioners.

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