AVM was found by António Vicente Marques in 2003. The firm originally began assisting clients as a full service law firm operating through its various offices in Africa, Americas and Europe with an integrated tem of more than 85 lawyers. AVM's structure has solidified and expanded over the next decade and the law firm today has become one of the most modern and internationally respected law offices operating in Angola, Portugal and Mozambique with the opening of further offices in other jurisdictions currently underway. The firm delivers corporate and business services to international and national clients in all of these Portuguese speaking countries. AVM is a full service law firm with market-leading strengths in the energy, financial services, real estate and technology sectors.
The firm's offices are fully integrated and run a continuous lawyer exchange programme between these offices to ensure the lawyers are familiar with the local practice, custom and cultures in the various jurisdictions in which they work. This means the firm is able to pull together all its resources and respond to its Clients 'needs at any time and offer and integrated and streamlined service to its global Clients with investments in other parts of Africa and Europe.
The firm is proud of its African and Portuguese Lusophone history and will continue to grow with and follow Clients into a number of new emerging markets and some more established jurisdictions.
AVM believes that practicing law brings with it responsibility to provide legal services to those who are less privileged. AVM's lawyers regularly undertake pro-bono initiatives to demonstrate its strong commitment to the emerging and developing markets.
AVM has a history and culture of co-operation with the academic community. The firm's guarantee of service excellence is largely due to the high standard of its professional team many of which are advisors to the government in drawing up legislation, university lectures and researchers in Angola and abroad.