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Zara Jamal

Partner

Zara Jamal is a Partner at JLA Advogados since 2014.


She works primarily on the implementation of international businesses and project finance transactions in Mozambique, focusing particularly on the banking, insurance, real estate, agriculture and energy sectors.

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Her practice centers particularly in the areas of banking, finance, corporate and regulatory law, often advising on international project financing transactions.

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Her experience includes Islamic Banking having provided services for Murabaha’s first transaction in Mozambique.

 

She is qualified to practice law in Portugal, Mozambique and is registered as legal practioner with the DIFC courts in the UAE.

Practice Areas

  • Financial

  • Commercial (Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Venture Capital)

  • Intellectual Property and Information Technologies

  • Real Estate

 

Professional Experience

  • Partner with JLA Advogados since 2014

  • Associate Lawyer at JLA Advogados (2013-2014)

  • Partner with Abreu Advogados since 2016

  • Associate Lawyer at Abreu Advogados (2012-2016)

  • Associate Lawyer at ABBC & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados RL (2008-2012)

  • Legal Advisor to a Member of the European Parliament, Brussels (2007-2008)

  • Junior Analyst at Deloitte, Barcelona (2006-2007)

  • Intellectual Property Official Agent in Mozambique (2013)

  • Member of IBA - International Bar Association

  • Registered Arbitrator at Conciliation, Arbitration and Mediation Center (CACM) of Mozambique

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Recognitions

  • ​Chambers and Partners

2025, Mozambique General Business Law, Global, Band 2

  • ​Legal 500

2024, Mozambique Foreign Law Firms, Leading Individual

  • IFLR1000

2024, Banking & Finance, Mozambique, Highly Regarded

  • IFLR1000

2024, Corporare and M&A, Mozambique, Highly Regarded

  • African Legal Awards

2024, Partner of the Year – Southern Africa - Shortlisted

Education

  • Law Degree, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica   Portuguesa (Catholic University, School of Law) (2006)

  • Postgraduate degree in Islamic Banking & Finance, London School of Business and Finance (2012)

  • Postgraduate degree in International Financial Law, St. Catherine's College, Oxford University (2017)

  • Postgraduate degree in Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), in Dubrovnik, Croatia (2011)

  • Postgraduate degree in Intellectual Property, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon School of Law) (2010)

  • Postgraduate degree in Competition and Regulatory Law, IDEFF Instituto do Direito Económico, Financeiro e Fiscal (Institute for Economic, Financial and Tax Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon) (2009)

  • Postgraduate degree in Information Society Law, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (University of Lisbon School of Law) (2008)

  • Admitted to the Mozambican Bar Association

  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association

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