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- Óscar Azevedo
Óscar Azevedo
Joined PLMJ Colab Angola - RVA Advogados in 2025.
About Óscar
Óscar is a senior counsel at RVA Advogados. With a consolidated career of more than 15 years in law firms and as in-house counsel, he has a wealth of experience in project management and high-level institutional relations.
He deals with a wide range of issues such as legislative procedures, licensing, compliance, advertising, pricing and contracts of various types. Óscar also has extensive expertise in foreign investment, tax, labour, oil and gas, insurance, and real estate, along with considerable knowledge in regulatory and legal matters related to combating illicit trade and tax affairs.
Prior to joining RVA Advogados, he was British American Tobacco's General Counsel for Angola and Mozambique and Ops & Commercial Counsel for other jurisdictions in the Sub-Saharan Africa region.
Previously, he was a lawyer at MC Jurist Advogados, AVM Advogados and Raposo Bernardo & Associados.
Contacts
Office: PLMJ Colab Angola - RVA Advogados
(+244) 935 147 570
oscar.azevedo@rvaangola.com
Languages:
English
Academic Background
- Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2009
- Admitted to the Angolan Bar Association
- Master's in Tax Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2011
Professional Background
- General Counsel for Angola and Mozambique and Operations and Commercial Legal Advisor for the South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini cluster, at British American Tobacco, 2021-2024
- Legal and External Affairs Manager at British American Tobacco, 2020-2021
- Partner at MC Jurist Advogados, 2014-2024
- Lawyer at AVM Advogados, 2013-2014