CRA Timor

CRA Timor was founded on the principles of:

- Strict adherence to the professional code of ethics and the rules on conflicts of interest and Relation of trust and confidentiality of legal services;

- Continual investment in and application of new technology and on-going training of our lawyers;

- Commitment and dedication to the highest standards of professional excellence, timeliness and efficiency, providing high quality service at a reasonable cost;

-Creativity, diligence and expertise, with good sense of business judgment, imagination and open-mindedness.

CRA Timor carefully monitors developments in local legislation and the legal practice in order to provide quality advice in any situation. For the benefit of our clients, we have developed close ties with the local business community and the Timor-Leste authorities.

CRA Timor values its international activity and is in permanent contact and collaboration with CRA Portugal and with foreign law firms. Some of CRA Timor partners and lawyers are members of other Bars, which strengthens its cultural proximity to foreign clients and former Portuguese colonies like Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Macau, Mozambique and São Tomé.

Under the supervision of our founding partners, CRA Timor offers full-service legal advice on Timor-Leste to public and private, national and international corporations. The professional services we offer also includes translation services, representation and domiciliation services of foreign investors.

CRA Timor is able to work with its clients in all fields of activity and at all stages of their corporate existence, i.e. incorporation, establishment and the development of its business activities. For established corporations we advise on all legal aspects of developing and implementing successful businesses.

CRA Timor offers a wide range of high level services to a high profile portfolio of Local and International Clients, which includes from the major Oil & Gas companies to major companies in diversified areas such as Telecommunications, infrastructures, Construction, Insurance, Banking, Real Estate as well as Embassies and Public Bodies.

Backed by its Lisbon Headquarters and by its presence in Macau and Shanghai, CRA Timor is able to assist Clients in several languages having a multicultural team joined for a common purpose: make our Firm as more efficient and reputable as possible by being the top firm to go by national and international Clients and make sure our Clients’ interests are always safeguarded.

Our Lawyers speak English, Portuguese, Tetum, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, Spanish, French and German and some of them are enrolled not only with the Timor-Leste Bar Association, but also with the Portuguese, Brazilian and Macau Bar Associations.

Since its establishment in Timor-Leste, CRA Timor has been recognized as the only local international law firm with capability to provide services to foreign investors in the country.

Under the supervision of our founding partners, CRA Timor offers full-service legal advice on Timor-Leste corporate law to public and private, national and international corporations. The professional services we offer also includes translation services, representation and domiciliation services of foreign investors.

CRA Timor is able to work with its clients in all fields of activity and at all stages of their corporate existence, i.e. incorporation, establishment and the development of its business activities. For established corporations we advise on all legal aspects of developing and implementing successful businesses.

CRA Timor concentrates its practice in the following major areas:

OIL & GAS
CRA Timor provides all sorts of services related to the Oil & Gas business in Timor-Leste namely assisting its Clients with corporate, tax, labor, and exploration matters. We have assisted Major Oil & Gas companies in agreements for survey of oil fields, corporate restructures and negotiation of Production Sharing Contracts.

CORPORATE
CRA Timor provides high level of legal assistance in corporate law to international clients who want to establish business in Timor-Leste, as well as to well establish companies in its corporate restructures and issues. We have provide services of Incorporation and Restructure for all types of companies, such as Insurance Companies, Banks, Construction Companies, Telecommunication Companies, as well as Assistance to Shareholders in conflicts with company`s Board of Directors.

TAX
CRA Timor has been assisting major international and local companies in its disputes with the Tax Authorities as well as on the prevention of tax issues. In this field, we have provided Assistance to companies in Court cases against the Tax Authorities, especially Oil & Gas Companies and Oil & Gas Contractors and Assistance to companies on the fulfilment of its tax obligations and in its restructures and tax efficiency.

BANKING AND FINANCE & INSURANCE
CRA Timor has assisted clients on the incorporation of insurance companies as well as in the preparation of projects related to Bank incorporations. CRA Timor also assists leasing companies as well as Money exchange/Money Transfer companies.

LABOR & EMPLOYMENT
CRA Timor assists on a daily bases local companies and well as local employees in labor disputes as well as management of employees’ legal status for companies with numerous staff, drafting of all the employment contracts with local and international employees and dealing with its local representatives. We have assisted major Hotels, Oil & Gas companies and Telecommunication companies.

INFRASTRUCTURES & TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CRA Timor assists on a daily bases telecommunications companies in setting up their infrastructures all over Timor-Leste. We have been provide assistance on construction planning, compliance of all the projects and contracts within the Timorese law and on the development of the infrastructures all over the Country.

IN-HOUSE COUNSELLING FOR PUBLIC BODIES
CRA Timor has assisted public entities with the displacement of in house legal counsels that handle all of the contracts and draft decree-laws and other legislative documents. CRA Timor also assists in the drafting and preparation of the legal documentation to be submitted to the Council of Ministers.

IP – INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
CRA Timor offers a wide range of services in the IP area. Although Timor Leste has still a long way to go on the development of the proper legal framework applicable to IP matters, CRA Timor offers its services in preemptively securing its Clients with cautionary notices and related processes aiming for future protection when legislation will come into place.

CRA Timor is proud to be the #1 Firm acting in this area in Timor Leste.