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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.
Legal Team
FOUNDING PARTNERS

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. 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). |

Myrtes Magalhães Dias Machado
Founder of Cruz & Dias Advogados Associados. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG nº 167.819. Post-graduated in Labor Law and Social Security Law at IEPREV Institute. Member of the “Associação Mineira dos Advogados Trabalhistas” (AMAT).
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.
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.

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.

Débora Ribeiro Lopes Carneiro
Law graduate from Unifaminas university Center. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG under the n° 215.240. Post-graduate in labor law and procedural law from faculdade LEGALE.

Gabriela Lomeus Soares de Oliveira
Law degree from UNIFAMINAS University Center. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG under the nº 202.205. Post graduated in Labor Law and Procedural Law from Damásio Educacional.

Maria Eduarda Pereira Arquette Leite
Law degree from UNIFAMINAS University Center. Attorney enrolled at OAB/MG under the nº. 204.667. Post-graduate in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law from Facuminas. Post-graduate student in Diversity and Inclusion Law at LEGALE. Master’s student in the Graduate Program in Cognition and Language at UENF.

Mariana de Paula
Law graduate from UNIFAMINAS University Center. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG under the nº. 208.302. Post-graduate degree in Labor Law and Procedural Law from Faculdade Metropolitana do Estado de São Paulo (FAMEESP).

Simone da Silva Elis Montes
Graduated in Law from Unifaminas University Center. Lawyer registered at OAB/MG under the number 208.274.

Layla Coelho Costa

Júlio César Carneiro de Carvalho
Law graduate from Centro Universitário Estácio de Sá
Trainee
Anna Clara Soares Cruz
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
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.