Specialization. European Union Law, Competition Law, Fundamental Rights.

Cruz Vilaça Advogados seeks innovative solutions, tailored to the transnational challenges that typically occur in the fields of Law of its specialization.

Specialized Action Global Thinking

Cruz Vilaça Advogados is devoted to defending its clients, ensuring the most appropriate and innovative responses to the global challenges of European Union Law, Competition Law and the Protection of Fundamental Rights.

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Unique International Experience and Specialization

A team of lawyers with a solid legal background and deep international experience, committed to meeting its clients’ needs in the areas where our contribution is an added value.

Areas of Legal Practice

With the aim of responding to our clients’ needs in areas where our contribution is an added value, Cruz Vilaça Advogados focuses its legal practice in the fields of European Union Law and Competition Law, as well as in the Protection of Fundamental Rights.

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European Union Law

Competition Law

Fundamental Rights

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José Luís da Cruz Vilaça

Managing Partner

Carla Farinhas

Rita Leandro Vasconcelos

Cruz Vilaça Advogados has a team of lawyers with a solid legal background, deep international experience, and unique expertise in its Areas of Legal Practice, prepared to find innovative solutions, tailored to the transnational challenges that typically occur in these fields of law.

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"The central role of lawyers, regarded as 'agents of Justice' in litigations before the Court, does not require demonstration"

José Luis da Cruz Vilaça

Managing Partner

15 Jan 2021 in Utrecht University

European Commission's proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA)

Carla Farinhas, partner at Cruz Vilaça Advogados and PhD candidate at Utrecht University, has published a blog post on the Commission’s Proposal for a Digital Markets Act (DMA). Check the blog post here .

11 Jan 2021

The first request for preliminary ruling from the Portuguese Constitutional Court - 2020, what a year!

December 9 th was the day when the Portuguese Constitutional Court (‘PCC’) referred its first question for preliminary ruling to the Court of Justice of the European Union (‘CJEU’) (Case no. 711/2020 of 9th ...