Trench Rossi Watanabe

Insurance and Reinsurance, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Public and Regulatory Law - Projects

Partner

Anna is an expert in buy-sell agreements and joint ventures, acting from transaction planning to drafting and negotiation of all related contracts, as well as advising on corporate matters in general, corporate restructurings, and regulatory matters in the capital markets area. Her performance is recognized in large projects in the areas of oil and gas, energy, infrastructure, and the insurance industry. She has also worked for six years in the Legal Department of Esso Brasileira de Petróleo S.A.

With regard to her work in D&I, Anna co-founded five of the Firm’s Affinity Groups: “Gender Equality”, “People with Disabilities,” “Religious Tolerance,” “Race and Ethnicity” and “LGBTQIA +” created in 2016, with the goal of expanding and strengthening the culture of respect and inclusion in the workplace. Anna Tavares de Mello joined the Firm in 1996 and became partner in 2001. She is a managing partner of the Rio de Janeiro office, where she coordinates the Corporate and Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, Insurance and Reinsurance, and Large Projects and Oil and Gas Practice Groups. She is also co-leader of the Firm’s Corporate & Finance Group, as well as leader of the Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility Committees. In addition, she was a member of the Management Committee of Trench Rossi Watanabe twice.

Portuguese, English and Spanish

Anna graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro with a degree in Law and also holds a master’s degree in Corporate Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes. She also specialized in Corporate Finance at New York University.

Anna has been a speaker in conferences and seminars in Brazil and abroad, as follows:

– Trench Rossi Watanabe representative at the online meeting Dive In in 2020, a global movement in the insurance sector to support the development of inclusive cultures in the workplace;

– Trench Rossi Watanabe representative at the webinar “Tendências de Atividades Internacionais: Uma Análise Comparativa,” promoted by Chambers & Partners on 23 September 2020;

– Interview with BNA Américas about the subject “LatAm M&A: Caution, diversification and bargain-hunting,” August 2020;

– Speaker at Latin America Seminar on Corporate Policies applicable to Management Liabilities;

– Speaker in many conferences about subjects related to Banking and Mergers and Acquisitions, focused on LATAM;

– Presenter in conferences about Brazilian Corporate Law and the New Civil Code.