Trench Rossi Watanabe

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions

Partner

Monica Pereira Cavalcanti joined the Rio de Janeiro office in 1998 and became partner in 2010. She coordinates the Private equity, Venture Capital and Startup team in the offices. She is specialized in corporate matters and transactions, private equity, venture capital, corporate venture capital (CVC) and mergers and acquisitions deals, reorganizations and matters related to contractual, corporate and governance areas in general. In M&A and PE/VC deals, she acts in all phases of the transaction, including deal structuring, project coordination, drafting and negotiation of all related contracts and corporate documents. She provides legal opinions and consulting in contractual and regulatory matters in several areas and industries such as oil and gas, tech, education, aviation and defense. She leads several rounds of investments from early stage rounds in Startups /Scale-ups throughout successful exits.

Monica has led locally several relevant national and international projects, such as the acquisition of luxury hotels, including the legendary Copacabana Palace Hotel, by a French company in the global amount of USD 3.2 billion, and also the acquisition of a global energy company assets by the private equity fund in the global amount of USD 400 million. She also led several rounds of investments from early stage rounds in startups /scale-ups through successful exits.

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

She graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro with a degree in Law. Salve Regina University – Newport, RI, USA, and postgraduated from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro with a Lato-sensu LLM in Civil-Constitutional Law. She attended the International Legal Training – “Strategic Directions for International Practice”, New York/NY – USA and Harvard Law School – Program of Instructions for Lawyers.

Monica also acts a regular teacher in M&A courses of the Brazilian Bar Association and the Superior Scholl of Law (ESA – Escola Superior de Advocacia).