08 Jul 2026
Azevedo Sette Advogados appoints Simone Bento Martins Cirilo as partner in Belo Horizonte
"Azevedo Sette Advogados appoints Simone Bento Martins Cirilo as partner in Belo Horizonte to lead its Tax Litigation team; she brings 20+ years’ experience in tax, social security and customs disputes."
Cirilo brings more than 20 years of experience handling complex judicial and administrative tax disputes. She has a track record before administrative tribunals and higher courts and has represented multinational companies across various sectors in tax, social security and customs disputes. At Azevedo Sette she will join the firm’s tax structure in Minas Gerais and work alongside tax advisory and estate planning partners Leandra Guimarães, Bruno Felippe Almeida and Frederico da Fonseca Silva.
Cirilo holds a master’s degree in Public Law from PUC Minas (2020), a postgraduate qualification in Tax Law from IBET (2010) and studied law at UFMG. Before joining Azevedo Sette she worked as a partner and head of the tax practice at other business law firms. She has also lectured at legal events, authored several publications in the tax field and taught on the Tax Law LL.M. programme at PUC Minas.