Rafael Dionísio Neto

Lawyer

Luanda

Lawyer at CARRAZEDO & PASCOAL, operates in the areas of corporate, labor, administrative and public law in Angola.

He provides legal advice on public procurement to the Industrial Polytechnic Institute of Luanda (IPIL), the Social Security Fund of the Angolan Armed Forces, the Sanatorium Hospital of Luanda and the Bengo General Hospital. 

He is an assistant professor of Private International Law at the Óscar Ribas University in Angola.

Practice Area

Corporate, Labor, Administrative and Public Law.

Main Experience

— Provide legal advice to companies in the areas of labor, social security, corporate and commercial law;

— Advice in the areas of tax law, obligations and administrative law;

— Civil and criminal litigation.

Profissional Association

Admitted to the Angolan Bar Association.

Publications and Seminars

— Attended the Workshop on the “New Legal Regime of the Public Contracts Law”, for the Department of Finance and Public Procurement, of the general inspection of State Administration (IGAE);

— Attended the International Conference organized by the Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, regarding the subject “Justicia Penal Y Corrupción: De Un Presente Ineficiente A Un Futuro Esperanzador”;

— Articles published in the Digital Magazine IURISBOOK, subjects: Unconstitutionality of the question asked to the Defendant about criminal background, and COVID-19: Legality Assessment of the Legislative Act of the President of the Republic on Pandemic;

— Participated in the International Conference in honor of Professor Doctor França Van-Dúnem;

— Participated as a lecturer, together with the illustrious Drs. Lazarino Poulson, and Dr. Joly Herculano, in the Lecture about Local Authorities in Angola, a Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Look, organized by the Law School of the Gregorian University;

— Participated in the I, II, III International Conference on Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure organized by the Law School of the Catholic University of Angola;

— Participated in the Labor Law Congress, organized by the Dr. António Agostinho Neto Memorial;

— Participated in the “Seminar regarding the practical application of law no. 10/18, of June 26- of private investment“;

— Participated in the Conference of Strategic Organizations of Internal Control of the CPLP;

— Participated in the Seminar on the new Legal Regime of Obligation and Contribution to Obligatory Social Protection, Legislative Authorization Law on the Legal Regime of Regularization and Collection of Obligatory Social Protection Debt and the Exceptional Regime of Regularization of Social Security Debt.

Skills

— Provided training in Public Procurement to the Senior Officers and Commissioners of the General Command of the National Police of Angola;

— Provided training in Public Contracting to employees of Caixa Social das Forças Armadas de Angola.

Education

— Postgraduate in Public Procurement by CEDIPRE- Center for Public Law and Regulation Studies of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (2020);

— Degree in Law by the Catholic University of Angola (2016).

Vocational training

— Training on public real estate by the Planning, Urban Planning and Environmental Law Study Center of the Law School of the University of Coimbra (2021);

— XI Postgraduate Course in Public Procurement by the Center for Public Law and Regulation Studies of the Law School of the University of Coimbra (2020);

— Advanced Training in Banking, Insurance and Securities Contracts from Universidade Católica de Angola (2020);

— Advanced Training in Constitutional Justice, by Leandro Ferreira Advogados (2020);

— 18th course of the Angolan Bar Association;

— Training in Court Fees, from the Catholic University of Angola (2016).

Languages

Portuguese and English.

@ | rdn@carrazedo.com