Trench Rossi Watanabe

Corporate, M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital

Partner

Monica Cavalcanti joined the Firm in 1998 and became partner in 2010. She coordinates the M&A, corporate and contracts team in the Rio de Janeiro office and leads the Startups, Private Equity & Venture Capital practice group at the Firm.

She is specialized in corporate matters and transactions, private equity, venture capital and mergers and acquisitions deals, reorganizations and matters related to contractual, corporate and governance areas in general. In M&A transactions, she acts in all phases, 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.

Monica also acts as a regular teacher in M&A courses.

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).