Trench Rossi Watanabe

Commercial Contracts, Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate

Consultant

Marcia Assis Calafate joined the Firm in 1998 and became partner in 2005. She integrates the Corporate & Finance group, and is the partner heading both the international and local Trade & Commerce practice group and the Real Estate practice group.

Marcia has a vast experience in all types of commercial and civil law transactions, dealing with complex deals and contracts.  She specializes in structures and contracts concerning the supply chain, as for instance, manufacturing, supply, service, management, agency, reselling, distribution, promotion & marketing, commercial alliances, storage, logistics, inter-companies deals, etc. She is one of the few practitioners in Brazil specialized in automotive dealership regulations and practice.

Her real estate expertise covers all types of transactions involving land development, planning and use, construction, leasing,  sales & acquisitions, hotels, resorts & tourism and other real estate solutions. Marcia also advises on rural properties development and sale/acquisition transactions, including  vis-à-vis the regulatory restrictions for foreign controlled companies to acquire rural lands.

Marcia also assists clients in structuring credit policies by implementing personal and in rem guarantees and collaterals to secure credit lines and sales receivables. She is also experienced in issues involving consumer credit, especially with regard to credit and debit cards.

Portuguese and English

She graduated from Universidade de São Paulo Law School (Faculdade de Direito do Largo São Francisco) with a degree in Business Law and from Pontifícia Universidade de São Paulo (PUC/COGEAE) with a Civil Procedure specialization.

Marcia is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars on various subjects, including agency & distribution, real estate transactions (lease and acquisition), limitation & exclusion of liability, product liability, collaterals & securities, etc.