We have significant experience acting for agribusiness owners, including commercial fishing companies, wineries, piggeries, abattoirs, abalone farmers, broadacre farmers and agricultural suppliers.
Our commercial expertise includes negotiating, drafting and enforcement of key contracts including supply, sale and purchase agreements, supply chain management and organisational structuring.
We advise across all key Western Australian agricultural sub-sectors including wine, fishing, grain, dairy, fruit, aquaculture, livestock and forestry.
Our agribusiness expertise includes:
Preparing and reviewing agribusiness agreements including sharecropping, agistment, leasing, crop lien, financing, supply and other agreements
Advising on agribusiness ownership structures, including complex farming partnership arrangements
Advising on agribusiness acquisitions, including asset sale and purchase agreements, land and business sales and leasing
Advising in relation to employment and workplace health and safety
Advising in relation to sale and purchase of livestock, fishing quotas and permits (including lobster and abalone) in Western Australia and Tasmania
Advising in relation to viticulture and winery related matters
Advising on construction contracts for farm expansions
Preparing water rights agreements
Our notable and relevant experience includes:
Advising the sellers of the Harvey Fresh businesses to Parmalat
Advising privately owned Craig Mostyn Group on numerous matters including:
aspects of the acquisition of a large interest in V&V Walsh
construction contracts for multistage expansion of Western Australia’s largest pig abattoir at Linley Valley
construction contracts for expansion of commercial piggery in Mogumber
construction contracts for expansion of Western Australia’s largest meat and poultry waste rendering facility in Hazelmere
acquisition of Jade Tiger, Australia’s largest abalone farm. Subsequently prepared construction contracts for the major expansion of the farm and buildings
acquisition of Australian Seafoods (abalone and rock lobster) in Dover, Tasmania. Subsequently prepared construction contracts for the expansion and upgrade of farm facilities
construction contracts for expansion of Dunalley abalone farm
acquisition of Fertal rendering business
divestment of Fataway business
Acting for Fogarty Wine Group, WA’s largest wine producer, on numerous acquisitions, including Evans & Tate brand purchase and transactions with McWilliams, purchase of winery assets and vineyard properties, financing transactions, etc
Advising Kailis Family interests on various agriculture related transactions
Advised in relation to sale of Clarevue Farms to Feng AO (Australia) Agricultural Group Pty Ltd
Prepared and presented an ACCC Compliance Policy and Training Program to senior managers for an Australian agribusiness with offices in several states
Advised in relation to restructuring of Borello Beef Group
Advised founders in relation to formation and structuring of WA Beef Council
Acted on the acquisition and disposal of various high value agriculture and winery properties to local and overseas buyers
Advising a pastoralist regarding reciprocal water rights and access to water infrastructure with a neighbouring property
Advising clients on exiting a complex multi-party partnership arrangement involving the ownership of a large pastoral station on the Nullabor Plain
Acted for seller of five farming properties in Great Southern, including all farming machinery and equipment
Advised numerous farming clients in dispute with their banks
Advised farming family in relation to intergenerational transfer of broadacre farms in Esperance, in a stamp duty effective manner
Advised several broadacre farmers who sold farms to offshore investors
Advised in relation to establishment of New Caledonia fishing venture
Advised numerous wineries in relation to distribution agreements, PPSR issues, packaging contracts, etc
Advised in relation to Warrawagine Cattle Co partnership matters
Advised Stone Axe Pastoral Company (wagyu beef) in relation to various commercial matters
Acted on disposal of interests in Summit Fertiliser businesses to Sumitomo
On 3 June 2019 the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (the ACCC), Australia's competition and consumer protection regulator, released an ...
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