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Australia is currently riding a wave of opportunity as global food demand increases and dietary patterns change, whilst at the same time dealing with issues of succession, rising costs, capital inputs and international competition.
We are helping our clients across the agri-food supply chain and in all sub-sectors with these growth opportunities and challenges to enable them to better focus on delivering high-quality products and know-how to the Australian and export markets.
Our clients represent every facet of the industry, including producers, manufacturers, distributors, investors, financiers, regulators, retailers, government agencies and industry bodies.
Our multidisciplinary team acts across many sub-sectors including dairy, grain, beef, aquaculture, sugar, horticulture and forestry, as well as advising participants at various levels of the supply chain including farmgate inputs and production, processing, distribution, transport, retail and food services.
We support organisations at all stages of their development and provide a one-stop-shop of solutions, including:
Real estate acquisitions, environmental and water considerations
Agtech and start-up solutions including strategic planning, business structures and accessing capital
Research and development, commercialisation and intellectual property protection and enforcement
Financing and fundraising for growth
New facilities and production capabilities, regulatory approvals, compliance and construction
Local and cross-border M&A including foreign investment and competition regulatory approvals
Commercial contracts and supplier arrangements
New product offerings, marketing, labelling and country of origin regulation and compliance
Consumer law, privacy and data protection
Technology systems and outsourcing
Employment issues, industrial relations and workplace health and safety
Technology systems and outsourcing
Tax structuring
Biosecurity
International market expansion, trade rules, export controls, customs and sanctions
Business distress and insolvency
Managing risk, disputes and crisis management
Legend Holdings Corporation, a Hong Kong listed company, on its 90% strategic investment in the Kailis Bros Australian wholesale, processing and export seafood business.
B-D. Farm Paris Creek, an iconic South Australian biodynamic and organic dairy processor and manufacturer, on its by ASX listed company Primary Opinion.
The vendors of Burra Foods on the sale of the South Gippsland-based dairy ingredients processor and exporter to a consortium of Chinese buyers led by Inner Mongolia Fuyuan Farming Co Ltd and including CIC Investment Fund and COFCO.
Shanghai CRED Real Estate Stock Co., Limited in relation to its takeover bid for S. Kidman & Co Limited, which was made jointly with Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd.
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