From London to Luanda, breaking down Isabel dos Santos’s galaxy of legal advisers
Targeted by embezzlement of public funds investigations in Angola and Portugal, the businesswoman and eldest daughter of Angola’s former president José Eduardo dos Santos is planning a counterattack from London, where she has taken up residence.
29/05/2020 at 17h24, by Africa Business+
In addition to her two main supporters – her father and her husband, the Congolese art collector Sindika Dokolo – and the communications firms LPM Comunicação (Lisbon) and Powerscourt (London), Isabel dos Santos is drawing on a network of lawyers to represent her in various legal cases. Jeune Afrique Business+ has the details.
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