Trench Rossi Watanabe

Corporate; M&A; Life Science, Consumer, Energy, Mining, Petrochemical, and Infrastructure; Succession planning

Partner

Mauricio Pacheco joined the firm in 2006 and became a partner on 2016. He is a member of the Transactional group (which includes Corporate, Finance, Capital Markets and Real Estate), working mainly focused on Corporate, Corporate Reorganization, M&A and Private Equity. Mauricio is highly regarded by Brazilian and international clients for his business-oriented approach in conducting domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and highly complex corporate reorganizations, all of them mainly focused on projects related to Consumer, ESG, Energy and Health Care & Life Science industries. As a result of his 15-year + experience as a transactional legal practitioner, Mauricio has also gained significant recognition among C-suits executives of Brazilian and international corporations and leading members of reputable global and Brazilian investment banks and M&A financial advisors/boutiques. He is also a member of the firm's China Desk acting actively for Chinese investors in Brazil representing them in high profile projects.

Portuguese, English and German.

He graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP) with a degree in law, specializing in Tax Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and also holds a master’s degree in Corporate Law from the Brazilian Institute of Capital Markets (IBMEC).

Mauricio has been recognized for his performance in the areas of  M&A and Corporate, Energy and Projects by the main legal rankings such as Chambers and Partners Global and Brazil, Latin Lawyer, IFLR 1000, The Legal 500, Leaders League, LACCA Approved and Análise Advocacia 500, where he was ranked as Tier 1 in the Corporate category in the most recent publication. In Chambers and Partners, specifically, he was ranked in the last edition (2022) of both the Brazilian and Global guides for his performance in Corporate/M&A. Mauricio also coordinated the work of two deals/transactions awarded in 2021 as “Overseas Deal of the Year” and “Private Equity Deal of the Year” by China Business Law and IFLR Awards respectively.