Venture Capital
Brazil Guide 2024 : Brazil
Band 3
Email address
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+55 11 3048 6800About
Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe
Trench Rossi Watanabe’s Venture Capital practice group is an area of focus that concentrates an expressive number of transactions and encompasses several size of deals from early-stage fund raising to more advanced rounds of investments.
The Venture Capital group assists all types of clients including start-ups, founders, private equity firms, venture capital funds, corporate venture capital funds (CVCs), private shareholders', investment banks, financial institutions, and other alternative investors, advising on the whole spectrum of private equity and venture capital deals and other similar transactions. It also supports both Brazilian and foreign investors, founder and start-ups in understanding local and cross-border transactions and main regulatory and related matters. The industry focused team provides cost efficiency and added value work to our clients through hands-on involvement and robust project management, we can address all aspects of transactions, bringing the specialist advice our clients need.
The practice draws on experts in a variety of practice areas (tax, regulatory, anti-trust, data privacy, labour, corporate, real estate, compliance, etc.) to provide integrated advice to clients about the relevant issues of the deal and works collaboratively across practices to bring the appropriate and focused advice our clients need from structuring the deal to the closing, delivering a single, cohesive solution.
Chambers Review
Trench Rossi Watanabe is noted for its growing expertise in venture capital deals from early-stage fundraising to more advanced rounds of investment. The firm assists all types of clients, including start-ups, founders, private equity firms, venture capital funds, private shareholders, investment banks, financial institutions and other alternative investors. Its lawyers also provide advice on the whole spectrum of private equity and venture capital deals and other similar transactions, supporting Brazilian and foreign investors.
Work Highlights
- Trench Rossi Watanabe advised Salesforce Ventures on a BRL130 million Serie A investment into Pagaleve, a fintech start-up in the payment services sector.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They are a very good robust team, always available for everything."
"It's good to be assisted by Trench Rossi Watanabe because they know everything and are always thinking ahead."
"They are a very good robust team, always available for everything."
"It's good to be assisted by Trench Rossi Watanabe because they know everything and are always thinking ahead."
Notable Practitioners
Monica Pereira Cavalcanti is the head of the start-up, private equity and venture capital team. She is specialised in corporate matters and transactions, private equity, venture capital, corporate venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations and matters related to contractual, corporate and governance areas in general.
"Monica Cavalcanti is an excellent professional. She adds a lot of value and is a great negotiator. This gives clients a good feeling of security."