Maven dependencies not visible in WEB-INF/lib

This should have nothing to do with eclipse and m2eclipse, and optionally for better support - m2e-wtp. Also, you don't need copy-dependencies. Here are a few possible reasons:

• you should invoke mvn package (or right-click > maven > package) and obtain a war file - the (in the pom) must be war
• your dependencies should be with the default scope (if they are provided or test they will not be included in the archive)
• if you are running the project as dynamic web project on a server within eclipse, then you should open the project properties (right click > properties) and select "Deployment Assembly". There click "add", select "build path entries", and choose "maven dependencies". This will instruct WTP to send the maven dependencies to the server dir.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6083501/maven-dependencies-not-visible-in-web-inf-lib