BCSA Lawyers
João Bravo da Costa
Partner
Practice Areas
- Corporate / M&A
- Banking & Finance
- Energy and Natural Resources
Academic Background
- Law degree from the law faculty of Universidade Católica de Lisboa, 2005
- Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association in 2008
- Admitted to the Angolan Bar Association in 2009
- Candidate to the New York State Bar Association
- Postgraduate course in business management law from the law faculty of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2007
- LLM in banking, corporate and financial law from Fordham Law School, New York, May 2011
Professional Background
- Miranda, Correia, Amendoeira & Associados law firm, Lisbon and Luanda offices, 2007
Conferences
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Participant at the Workshop "Training for Panel of International Finance Corporation (IFC) Local Transaction Counsel - World Bank Group", Johannesburg, South Africa, 2009
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Lecturer at the Seminar "Legal Aspects of Procurement of Services by Oil Companies" in the Angolan Liquefied Natural Gas Project, Soyo, Angola, 2009
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Lecturer at the Seminar "Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)", Luanda, Angola, 2009
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Lecturer at the Seminar "Angolanization: Laws and Compliance", Luanda, Angola, 2014
Awards and Rankings
- 2016 IFLR recognised João Bravo da Costa as Rising Star for the areas of Infrastructure and Oil & Gas
- 2017 Legal 500 Recommended João Bravo da Costa
- 2018 IFLR recognised João Bravo da Costa as Rising Star for the areas of Financial and Corporate; Project Development; Energy and Infrastructure and Corporate / M&A
- 2019 IFLR recognised João Bravo da Costa as Rising Star for the areas of Project Finance; Energy and Infrastructure; Corporate / M&A and Banking
