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Elisa Pereira

Elisa Pereira

Local Partner • Timor-Leste

Elisa Pereira has been working in Timor-Leste since February 2014 and is local partner since 2017 at the Abreu e C&C Advogados office in Timor-Leste, where she provides legal advice to a wide portfolio of clients who invest in the jurisdiction in various sectors and manages the office in liaison with partners based in Lisbon and Macao.

She is expert in M&A, corporate, labor law, taxation and public law, as well as intellectual property. Her professional career gave her skills in sectors of vital importance for the development of the economy in Timor-Leste, such as construction, aviation, telecommunications, banking, or insurance.

She had been enrolled in the Timor-Leste’s Legal Profession Management and Discipline Council since February 2014.

Practice Areas
Corporate and M&A, Intellectual Property and Information Technology
Desks
Timor-Leste Desk
Idiomas
English, Spanish
Contacts
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Work Experience

  • Advising a company in the telecommunications sector on the possible sale of the majority of its participations in the largest telecommunications provider in the country.

  • Advising international companies on the incorporation of local companies operating in construction, engineering, aviation, maritime transportation, heavy equipment, restaurant, consulting, pharmaceutical and others.

  • Advising a national construction company on labour mediations and hierarchical appeals related to undue collection of amounts owed for the importation of goods by the Customs Authority.

  • Advising a global leader of digital security, responsible for issuing Electronic Passports in the country.

  • Advising a multinational Japanese company providing banking and financial services on the preparation of legal opinions regarding the legal system of Timor-Leste.

  • Advising some of the largest non-profit organizations operating in Timor-Leste and participating in large-scale projects with the Government of Timor-Leste on the preparation of legislative diplomas, including the Rules of the Land-Use Planning for Ataúro Island and the Decree-Law approving the plan’s general rules and the Government Decree.

Elisa Pereira

Academic Background

  • Lisbon University Faculty of Law

    Law degree from the Lisbon University Faculty of Law (2002)

  • Portuguese Catholic University Faculty of Law

    Postgraduate studies in Commercial law from the Portuguese Catholic University Faculty of Law (2007)