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.
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CLIENT SUCCESSES
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:
- 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 EUR120 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)
- Bayer Crop Science on a wide range of commercial, regulatory and competition matters in connection with its operations in Ukraine, including the introduction of new pricing models for its customers and updating the legal guidelines for its marketing programmes
- 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