Areas of Practice
Environment, Real Estate and Tourism, Legal Studies and Consultancy, Legislative Drafting and Contract Law, Foreign Investment, and Arbitration
Email: ilidiocruz@gmail.com
Professional Education
Law Degree (Legal Sciences) from the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra;
Course on Legislative Drafting from the Centre for Administrative Training and Development (CENFA) and the Institute of Public Administration of Portugal (INA);
Advanced Studies Course in Legistics and Legislative Science, organized by the National Assembly and coordinated by Professor Dr. Carlos Blanco de Morais, Constitutional Law Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon;
Certified Trainer of Trainers.
Languages
Portuguese, French, English, and Spanish.
Professional Experience
Senior Officer at the Ministry of Education and Advisor to the Minister;
Legal Counsel to the President of the Republic of Cape Verde;
Director of the Claims Regulation Department at Garantia Seguros;
Lawyer and Founder of the Legal Consultancy and Advocacy Office, currently “Ilídio Cruz & Associates – Law Firm RL”;
Successively Secretary of State and Minister for State Reform and Public Administration in the VI Legislature.
Extensive experience in legislative drafting, contract preparation, legal opinions, litigation, and negotiation.
Other
Member of the Cape Verde Bar Association and the European Lawyers Association.
Author of several published articles, speaker at numerous conferences, and contributor to Doing Business – Comparing Regulations in 183 Economies.
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