Senior international consultant at Melo Alves. She specialises in the areas of corporate and commercial law, with a special focus on international oil and gas investments and transactions and compliance matters.
Ana Major has extensive legal practice and international experience across the entire oil and gas value chain, including the negotiation of contracts, investment transactions, tax, commercial and regulatory matters, as well as the design and implementation of compliance solutions, processes and regulatory compliance methodologies.
Practice - Angola Desk
- Oil & Gas: strategies, transactions, asset development, safety and taxation
- Foreign investment
- Corporate Governance
- Risk Management and Compliance: consultancy, design, implementation, evaluation, audits of programmes and internal investigations
- Human Resources and Labour Law
Professional Experience
- Senior International Consultant of Joined Melo Alves since 2024
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of TAAG - Linhas Aéreas de Angola (2021 – 2023)
- Co-Founder of AEGIS - Gestão Projectos e Soluções (2018 – 2021)
- Legal Director of the Southern Africa business unit of the multinational Chevron (1997 – 2018)
- External Consultant at Miranda & Associados (1991 – 1997)
- Legal Consultant at ENSA, Angola's national insurance company (1987 – 1997)
Academic Background
- Law Degree from Agostinho Neto University
- LL.M. in Business Law from California University - Davis School of Law
Professional Associations
- Angolan Bar Association
- Association of Corporate Counsel
- Ethics and Compliance Initiative
- Corporate Governance Institute
- International Association of Risk and Compliance Professionals
Languages: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish