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Anna Tavares de Mello

Anna Tavares de Mello

Brazil 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe

Brazil: Transactional

Practice Areas

Corporate, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, Projects, Insurance and Reinsurance, Energy and Petrochemical

Career

Anna Mello joined the Firm in 1996 and became partner in 2001. She is the managing partner of the Rio de Janeiro office, where she coordinates the Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Insurance & Reinsurance, Projects and Oil and Gas Practice Groups. She is also co-leader of the Firm's Corporate & Finance Group and leader of the Diversity & Inclusion and Corporate Social Responsibility Committees. In addition, she was a member of the Management Committee of Trench Rossi Watanabe three times.

Anna is an expert in buy-sell agreements and joint ventures, acting from transaction planning to drafting and negotiation of all related contracts, as well as advising on corporate matters in general, corporate restructurings, and regulatory matters in the capital markets area. Her performance is recognized in large projects in the areas of oil and gas, energy, infrastructure, and the insurance industry.

Anna has been recognized for her performance for many years by major legal rankings. In the field of D&I, the Firm won, under her leadership, the Municipal Seal of Human Rights and Diversity of the São Paulo City Hall, and was recognized by the Exame Guide to Diversity. In addition, the Firm won the Will – Women in Leadership award, from Valor Econômico, and the AMMS Award, promoted by the Association of Women in the Insurance Market, among others, also under her leadership.

Personal

Anna graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro with a degree in Law and also holds a master's degree in Corporate Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes. She also specialized in Corporate Finance at New York University.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Brazil: Transactional

Corporate/M&A - Brazil

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial

Anna Tavares de Mello is well regarded by clients and market analysts for her practice handling cross-border operations and corporate restructuring mandates.

Chambers Brazil: Regions

Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Band 2
Band 2

Individual Editorial

Anna Tavares de Mello is highly recognised by market sources as a key partner in the national and Rio de Janeiro corporate scenes, assisting companies with investments and transactions.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Anna Tavares de Mello is a role-model in M&A that involve high sophistication. She manages to handle different kinds of transactions where commercial vision and strategic insight are important.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Brazil: Transactional
  • Anna Mello is a very experienced lawyer and partner. She is very good in difficult negotiations and she helped us to manage complex situations. She was always available providing very good advice.

    Corporate/M&AChambers Brazil: Transactional
  • Anna is very professional, accessible and a reliable person.

    Corporate/Commercial: Rio de JaneiroChambers Brazil: Regions
  • Anna Tavares de Mello is deeply committed to defending her clients’ interests and excels at leading negotiations with harmony.

    Corporate/Commercial: Rio de JaneiroChambers Brazil: Regions
  • Anna Tavares de Mello is a business-oriented lawyer with strong technical expertise and a clear commitment to her clients.

    Corporate/Commercial: Rio de JaneiroChambers Brazil: Regions
  • Partner Anna Mello and her team possess high technical skills and the ability to solve complex and highly strategic problems.

    Corporate/Commercial: Rio de JaneiroChambers Brazil: Regions

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Brazil

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