Monica Pereira Cavalcanti

Corporate, M&A, Private Equity, and Venture Capital

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, PE and VC 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, defense and health. Monica also acts as a regular teacher in M&A courses.

Monica wrote articles and publications for Brazilian major newspapers such as Valor Econômico, O Estado de São Paulo e O Globo.

– Monica has represented several clients on buy and sell side in sales processes, including the deal of a Brazilian DTVM entity, encompassing structuring the deal, all transactional documents, negotiation and specific assistance from a Brazilian Central Bank perspective for the regulatory approval for implementation of the transaction;

– Monica assisted Rhone Capital Private Equity deal – acquiring Brazilian assets from Schlumberger, a global deal of USD 400 MM;

– Monica advised LVMH in its acquisition of Belmond, owner and manager of luxury hotels, restaurants, train and river-cruise properties, including Rio’s landmark Copacabana Palace in Brazil. She assisted on Brazilian law aspects, The global value of the deal was USD 3 Billion;

– Monica leads the Private Equity and Venture Capital team of Trench Rossi Watanabe. Actively leading transactions from early stages to more advanced rounds of investments and subsequent exits.

Education

She graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro with a degree in Law. Salve Regina University – Newport, RI, USA, 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 and Harvard Law School – Program of Instructions for Lawyers.

Personal

Monica also acts a regular teacher in M&A courses of the Brazilian Bar Association and the Superior School of Law (ESA – Escola Superior de Advocacia).

Awards

Monica Pereira Cavalcanti is recognized by several legal publications, such as Chambers, Leaders League, Legal 500, Latin Lawyer 250, Análise Advocacia Mulher 2020 and Análise Advocacia 500.