Duarte Chiau
Founder and Partner of DC&A, with experience in legal work in Mozambique. Its activities are mainly in the areas of Criminal, Labor, Commercial and Corporate Law, Tax and Transport Law, providing advice to national and international clients.
Practice Areas
Criminal Law, Tax Law, Transport, Labor, Commercial and Corporate Law.
Professional Experience
— PARTNER AT DUARTE CHIAU E ASSOCIADOS LAW FIRM
Main Consultancies:
Legal assistance to several companies in matters of Commercial, Employment, Litigation and Tax Law;
Supported the creation of companies at all stages;
Legal assistance and advice;
Legal assistance for NGOs in matters related to the telecommunications market, oil legislation, interaction with public entities such as the National Institute of Communication of Mozambique, Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Petroleum;
Review of Employment Contracts;
Elaboration of Minutes/Reports of the Ordinary General Meetings of Commercial Companies;
Elaboration of legal opinions;
Tax legal assistance, namely regarding tax obligations relating to consumption tax (IVA) and income tax (IRPS/C);
Registration of amendments to the articles of association with the registry of legal entities, namely, increase and reduction of share capital, registration of new directors, supply contracts, registration of account reports;
Drafting commercial in job, contracts, contracts in leasing, etc;
Registration of assignment of quotas at the legal entities registry office and at the Bank of Mozambique;
Credit recovery;
Legal assistance in hiring foreign workers.
— ATTORNEY AT MARQUES DA CRUZ E ASSOCIADOS
Practice areas: Litigation, labor and commercial.
Main Consultancies:
Legal assistance to several companies in matters of Commercial, Employment, Litigation and Tax Law;
Supported the creation of companies at all stages;
Legal assistance and advice;
Legal assistance for NGOs in matters related to the telecommunications market, oil legislation, interaction with public entities such as the National Institute of Communication of Mozambique, Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Petroleum;
Review of Employment Contracts;
Elaboration of Minutes/Reports of the Ordinary General Meetings of Commercial Companies;
Elaboration of legal opinions;
Tax legal assistance, namely regarding tax obligations relating to consumption tax (IVA) and income tax (IRPS/C);
Registration of amendments to the articles of association with the registry of legal entities, namely, increase and reduction of share capital, registration of new directors, supply contracts, registration of account reports;
Drafting commercial in job, contracts, contracts in leasing, etc;
Registration of assignment of quotas at the legal entities registry office and at the Bank of Mozambique;
Credit recovery;
Legal assistance in hiring foreign workers.
— LEGAL CONSULTANT AT NOW PREPAY MOZAMBIQUE
Areas: labor, litigation and commercial matters.
Main Consultancies:
Legal assistance in labor matters, namely, revision of employment contracts, instruction of disciplinary proceedings;
Instruction for amending the bylaws.
— ATTORNEY AT CARLOS FREITAS E ASSOCIADOS
Practice Areas: Litigation, labor, tax, customs and transport.
Main Consultancies:
Legal assistance to several companies in matters of Commercial, Employment,
Litigation and Tax Law;
Supported the creation of companies at all stages;
Legal assistance and advice;
Legal assistance for NGOs in matters related to the telecommunications market, oil legislation, interaction with public entities such as the National Institute of Communication of Mozambique, Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Petroleum;
Review of Employment Contracts; Elaboration of Minutes/Reports Ordinary General Meetings of Commercial Companies;
Elaboration of legal opinions;
Registration of amendments to the articles of association with the registry of legal entities, namely, increase and reduction of share capital, registration of new directors, supply contracts, registration of account reports;
Elaboration of employment contracts, commercial contracts, lease contracts, etc;
Registration of assignment of quotas at the legal entities registry office and at the Bank of Mozambique;
Assistance legal at hiring in foreign workers.Experience
— TREINEE ATTORNEY AT CARLOS FREITAS
Main Consultancies:
Legal assistance for several companies in Corporate, labor and tax areas;
Supported business creation at all stages;
Legal assistance and advice;
Legal assistance for NGOs in matters related to the telecommunications market, oil legislation, interaction with public entities such as the National Institute of Communication of Mozambique, Ministry of Health, the National Institute of Petroleum;
Review of Employment Contracts;
Elaboration of Minutes/Reports Ordinary General Meetings of Commercial Companies.
— OFFICIAL DEFENDER, AT THE 2ND SECTION OF THE TRIBUNAL DO CINEMA 700 (DISTRICT OF MATOLA)
Main activities:
Official defenses at trial hearings.
— LEGAL TECHNICIAN, AT THE INSTITUTE OF SPONSORSHIP AND LEGAL ASSISTANCE (MATOLA)
Practice Areas: Administrative and Jurisdictional Procedures and legal advice.
Main activities:
Legal advice on criminal law, employment law, family law and succession;
Elaboration of procedural documents;
Legal advice in the area of labor, trade and fundamental rights for low-income people;
Preparation of legal documents;
Official representation in court;
Lectures in prison, communities and markets on pretrial release, domestic
violence and the legal consequences of worker absences.
Other qualifications
— University Professor;
— Motivational Speaker;
Education
— MASTER OF LEGAL SCIENCES by Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Mozambique and Faculty of Law of Nova University of Lisbon
— POST-GRADUATE DEGREE IN LAW TRANSPORTS by Faculty of Law at Eduardo Mondlane University
— LAW DEGREE by Faculty of Law at Eduardo Mondlane University
Languages
Portuguese and english (Dick english school course)