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Cruz & Dias

Associates Lawyers

Acting Fields

TAXATION LAW

Tax consultancy, defenses in administrative and judicial suing proceedings, credit recovery and tax planning.

LABOR LAW

Labor claims, oral arguments, behavioral and legal guidance, with emphasis on labor liabilities prevention, legal advice to work unions, negotiations, agreements, conventions and collective bargaining.

SOCIAL SECURITY LAW

Retirement, maternity leave and payment, illness and work-related accident insurances, survivor’s benefit, benefit reviews, continuous cash benefit for elderly and disabled people.

CONSUMERS LAW

Bank interest revisions, limitations on discounts on social security funds, undue denials and charges, defective products and moral damages.

FAMILY LAW

Recognition and dissolution of stable unions, divorces in the judicial or extrajudicial spheres, maintenance actions, custody, interdiction, tutelage, guardianship, regulation of visits, investigation and denial of paternity), judicial and extrajudicial inventories, preparation of divisions and wills, succession planning.

CRIMINAL LAW

Processing of police inquiries and investigative procedures, investigative procedures for the Public Prosecutor's Office, criminal execution and defense in crimes against the tax system.

CORPORATE LAW

Mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, IPOs, contracts, mediations and arbitration. We have extensive experience in representing the buy side and sell side, as well as venture capital funds. We have advised dozens of founders, controllers, minority shareholders and investors, focusing on the purchase and sale of companies, mergers, spin-offs and creation of joint ventures.

The Firm

Founded in 2016 the Cruz & Dias law firm operates throughout the national territory providing services to legal entities and individuals. Relying on a qualified team and with representation in several cities, the office serves thousands of causes and customers.
With an ethical performance, always guided by the seriousness and efficiency, it became a reference in quality in the Brazilian, gaining international recognition as of 2020 by operating in countries in Europe and North America.
The office is located in a prime region of Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, where we provide services by appointment

Mission

To act ethically and efficiently, facilitating access to justice and providing satisfaction to our clients.

Vision

To be the best we can be in the professional, ethical and moral fields. Serve as a reference for proactive, honorable and valuable advocacy. Be recognized for treating others as ourselves.

Values

Ethics, seriousness, efficiency, humanization of relations and innovation.

Paulo Enrique Freitas Cruz

Founder of Cruz & Dias Advogados Associados. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG nº 167.980 and OAB/RJ nº 261.864. Law graduate from Faculdade de Minas (with extraordinary success). Master of Science in International Law from Must University (Florida/USA), with distinction. Master of Science in Fundamental Rights from the University of the Amazonia. Post-graduate in Labor Law and Social Security Law from the IEPREV Institute (approved with maximum marks). Specialist in Civil Law and Civil Procedure. Author of dozens of scientific articles published in the best scientific journals in Brazil. Also the author of a vast literary work, published in Brazil and abroad. Member of the International Academy of Brazilian Literature. Vice-president of OAB Jovem (2019-2021).

PARTNERS

Débora Carolina de Oliveira Vilela

Débora Carolina de Oliveira Vilela graduated from UFJF. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG nº194.847. Post-graduated in Tax Law at ESA – OAB/MG. Has vast experience in Tax and Business Law.

Carolina Luzia Bombier de Oliveira

Law degree from UNIFAMINAS University Center. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG under the nº 214.490. Graduated in Science in Accounting.

ASSOCIATES

Carolina de Oliveira Avelar Ventura

Graduated in Law from Universidade Presidente Antônio Carlos – UNIPAC, Lawyer registered at OAB/MG under the nº 215.343. Post Graduating in Real Estate and Business Law at Centro Universitário União das Américas – UniAmérica.

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Júlio César Carneiro de Carvalho

Law graduate from Centro Universitário Estácio de Sá

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Daiane Amaro Andrade

Lawyer – OAB/MG 202.740. Bachelor of Law from Centro Univ. UNIFAMINAS (2015–2019). Postgrad.: Administrative Law (IED), Privacy and Data Protection (Cedin/ESA Nacional). Currently pursuing postgrad in Civil and Business Law (Fac. Legale). Postgrad intern at PGM Muriaé-MG (since 2021). Intern at TJMG – CEJUSC Muriaé (2018–2019). Accounting Technician – PRONATEC (2012).

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Maria Vitória Pinheiro Costa

Graduated in Law from Faminas University Center. Lawyer registered with the OAB/MG under number 242.643

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Brenda Fernanda Pimentel

Graduated in Law from Faminas University Center. Lawyer registered with the OAB/MG under number 239.498

Trainee

Anna Clara Soares Cruz

Social Responsibility

Our ideal is to transform our values into a daily practice, and to this end, all members of the firm are dedicated to a series of measures that aim to advance our social actions.
We have an annual Pro Bono Lawyer quota where we provide legal services without fees, mainly to non-profit associations, vulnerable women and mentally and physically handicapped people.
We also assist Colucci Junior Legal Consulting, a non-profit junior law firm at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora Law School.
We help dozens of young lawyers at the beginning of their careers.
We are active in the “OAB goes to school” project, which aims to bring young students in elementary school closer to their rights and duties.
Such measures denote the firm’s unswerving duty to strive for the construction of a harmonious, fair and solidary community.

Contact

ADRESSES

Head office:
Av. Juscelino Kubitschek, nº 585, loja 3, Centro, Muriaé/MG, CEP 36.880-026

Branch offices:
Rua Pinheiro Guimarães, n.º 115, Sala 903, Bloco 1, Bairro Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro/RJ, CEP 22.281-080

Rua Carmelita, n.º 110, Sala 302, Bairro Filadélfia, Betim/MG, CEP 32.670-194.

PHONE

+55 (32) 98810-0210