Emanuela Vunge
International partner*
Emanuela Vunge joined PRIME Advogados, the exclusive member of VdA Legal Partners in Angola, in 2025 as Managing Partner. Her areas of focus are Public and Tax Law, including tax litigation; her specialisations include Natural Resources, Energy, Oil and Gas and Corporate Compliance.
She was Compliance Officer for over a decade at one of the largest multinational oil companies in Angola and the United Kingdom, becoming a highly experienced specialist in compliance programmes focusing on oil and gas transactions.
She has acquired extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, particularly in conducting due diligence and analysing the risk of non-compliance with applicable regulations, as well as the implications of tax legislation on M&A transactions.
Throughout her career she has advised on various tax issues, with a focus on tax and customs matters. She regularly advises national and multinational companies on various transactions, specialising in tax structuring, tax advisory, tax processes and tax compliance. She also represents clients before Angolan courts in disputes relating to income tax, VAT, property tax and stamp duty.
She has been a frequent speaker at numerous national and international conferences on Public Law and Tax Law issues and is the author of several works on Public Law and Civil Law.
She had the honour of being elected by the Angolan parliament to the Superior Council of the Judiciary of Angola, as a distinguished lawyer.
* The title of International Partner applies to foreign lawyers and does not necessarily imply the status of partner of Vieira de Almeida & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados SP RL.
Law degree from Universidade Agostinho Neto, Faculty of Law.
Master's Degree 1 in Governance Issues and Public Law from Institut Catholique de Paris.
LLM in French, European and International Corporate Law from Université Paris Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), Institut de Droit Comparé de Paris.
Postgraduate degree in Civil Law (contracts) from Universidade Agostinho Neto in collaboration with Universidade de Coimbra.
LL.M in Oil and Gas Law from Universidade Agostinho Neto, Faculty of Law.
Founding partner of Lead Advogados (later Dentons LEAD).
Senior Associate at FBL Advogados.
Compliance Officerat BP (Angola and UK).
Advisor to the Angolan Court of Auditors.
National Protection Officerat the UNHCR.
Author and co-author of various publications on matters within his fields of expertise, namely:
- De um regime fiscal cedular e tendencialmente “pro fisco” à busca de uma maior justiça fiscal com base nos princípios Constitucionais impostos ao sistema e política fiscal em Angola – o caminho a trilhar – In A Guardiã – revista Científica do Tribunal Constitucional, 2023, pp. 149 e ss;
- Restrictions on Cross-border Transactions in Angola, In Practice guide – Mining, Lexology, 10.02.2021;
- Angola Gas Regulation - Getting the deal through 2021, Lexology;
- Angola Gas Regulation – Getting the deal through 2019, Lexology;
- La décentralisation en Angola – une étude à la lumière du modèle français - Mémoire de Master 1 – Institut Catholique de Paris, 29.09.2014;
- “Os Impostos locais e a redução das assimetrias regionais: um olhar sobre o processo iminente de descentralização I”, Jornal Mercado;
- “Os Impostos locais e a redução das assimetrias regionais: um olhar sobre o processo iminente de descentralização II”, Jornal Mercado;
- “Os Impostos locais e a redução das assimetrias regionais: um olhar sobre o processo iminente de descentralização III”, Jornal Mercado.
Admitted to the Angolan Bar Association.
Portuguese, English, French.