Agribusiness
Redcliffe Partners has been at the forefront of assisting large strategic and financial investors with the most demanding and sophisticated projects in Ukraine. By uniting our experience in different areas of law within our Agriculture Practice Group, we are thought leaders in relation to the issues our clients may face. Our multidisciplinary approach helps us deliver the highest quality advice to our clients.
As a top-tier law firm, we have market-leading expertise and a difficult-to-match track record in agriculture projects. Our clients include renowned companies operating in the industry, including Bayer Crop Science, Glencore, Louis Dreyfus Company and Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Investment Company.
RECOGNITIONS
CLIENT SUCCESSES
Recognised as an Established Practice
Ukrainian Law Firms: A Handbook for Foreign Clients 2023-2024
Ranked as an Established Practice in Agribusiness
The Ukrainian Law Firms 2019
Ranked among Top-10 in Agriculture and Land
The Market Leaders 2019
We are proud to contribute to our clients’ success with their investments in Ukraine. Our selected experience includes advising:
- DFC, IFC and EBRD in connection with an up to USD 480 million financing package to MHP, a major South-European poultry and agri producer, for the refinancing of its Eurobonds (Deal of the Year in Ukraine in 2023 Award according to CEE Legal Matters)
- Saudi Agriculture and Livestock Investment Company (SALIC), a Public Investment Fund company, on the acquisition and pre-acquisition restructuring (involving dozens of insolvency proceedings and hundreds of litigations) of Mriya Agro Holding, one of the largest agro-industrial companies in the region. (The project was recognised as the Deal of the Year for Ukraine in 2018 according to CEE Legal Matters)
- Straco, a Belgian independent private equity firm, on the EUR 120 million cross-border acquisition of a mycoculture business from Greenyard, one of the largest suppliers of fruit and vegetables in the world. (This was one of the largest M&A transactions in Ukraine in 2018)
- Renaisco B.V., a Viterra group company, on its acquisition of a grain elevator complex in Vinnytsia Oblast by means of acquiring shares in a Ukrainian LLC owning the grain elevator
- Louis Dreyfus Company on several agriculture infrastructure projects, including the establishment of a port infrastructure joint venture with Brooklyn Kiev and inception of its railcar transportation business in Ukraine
- Various banks (including BNP Paribas, Citibank, Deutsche Bank, FMO and Natixis) on loan facilities provided to Ukrainian agriculture companies, as well as debt restructuring projects
- Astarta Group in connection with a loan agreement from AKA Bank secured by a guarantee from export credit agency and guarantees from Astarta’s subsidiaries (PXF financing)
- EBRD in connection with USD 100 million secured loan to MHP
- Natixis SA in connection with Ukrainian law aspects relating to extension of a USD 210 facility agreement secured, among others, by a pledge over grain commodities stored in various facilities across Ukraine by Kernel
- BNPP and UniCredit Bank in connection with an up to USD 125 million secured financing to Kernel Holding for the construction of a seaport terminal
- Deutsche Bank AG in connection with up to USD 600 million financing of Ukrlandfarming, one of the largest agricultural holding companies in Eurasia
