Francisco Campos Braz

Francisco Campos Braz is an international consultant at MDR Advogados, the exclusive member of the Morais Leitão Legal Circle network in Mozambique, since 2024.

Francisco advises clients on the international and cross-border aspects of their investments in Portugal and Lusophone Africa, including Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde. He is a member of the Lusophone Africa practice team which is dedicated to deals, transactions and advising international clients investing in these markets. Francisco is also part of ML's international Oil & Gas (including mining) and Shipping teams and was also a member of the international Banking & Finance department.

With fifteen years of experience, Francisco was a Senior Associate in the Oil & Gas practice at Vieira de Almeida & Associados (2019-2024) and a Consultant at Miranda & Associados (2010 - 2019), focusing on several jurisdictions, including Equatorial Guinea, Angola, Mozambique and East Timor, where he advised international companies and groups in a wide range of practice areas, including foreign private investment, corporate, commercial contracts, oil and gas, mining, shipping, foreign exchange and labour.

He has co-authored several articles for international publications (particularly in the area of shipping) and has been a contributor to the World Bank's Doing Business project for Equatorial Guinea since 2011.