LAWYER PROFILE
Monica Pereira Cavalcanti

Monica Pereira Cavalcanti

Brazil 2026

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About

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Brazil: Regions

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

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Chambers Brazil: Regions

Corporate/Commercial: Rio de Janeiro - Brazil

Band 3
Band 3

Individual Editorial

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

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  • Monica Cavalcanti stands out for her extremely high level of commitment to the client, always being very accessible and agile, even on urgent or complex matters. Her communication is clear, objective and well directed, which greatly facilitates the handling of daily issues.

    Corporate/Commercial: Rio de JaneiroChambers Brazil: Regions
  • Monica Cavalcanti is a great lawyer, friendly and super smart.

    Corporate/Commercial: Rio de JaneiroChambers Brazil: Regions

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Brazil

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