Monica Pereira Cavalcanti
Brazil Guide 2024
Band 3 : Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro
Email address
[email protected]Contact number
+55 (21) 2206 4916Share profile
Band 3
About
Provided by Monica Pereira Cavalcanti
Practice Areas
Corporate, M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital
Career
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.
Personal
She graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro with a degree in Law, 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 (2000) and Harvard Law School - Program of Instructions for Lawyers.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Regions
Monica Pereira Cavalcanti is co-head of department and assists clients with a range of corporate mandates, including M&A, private equity and venture capital.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Monica is a bright and focused professional."
"Monica is a fantastic lawyer. All the work she has done for us has been impeccable in terms of technique, knowledge, adaptability and decisive situations."
"Monica is a bright and focused professional."
"Monica is a fantastic lawyer. All the work she has done for us has been impeccable in terms of technique, knowledge, adaptability and decisive situations."