Our focus is on understanding our clients' issues related to Brazilian agribusiness, providing practical legal solutions for the entire production chain.
We advise landowners, tenants, producers, livestock farmers, rural partners at both ends, agro-industries, importers of inputs, exporters of grains and other commodities, logistics operators, distributors, traders, and all the other players in the agribusiness chain.
Our work, therefore, goes far beyond the typical issues of Agrarian Law (Land Statute and Agricultural Policy), and includes:
Contracts:
- Rural partnership and lease agreements
- Legal advice on issuing Agribusiness Receivables Certificates (CRA)
- Legal advice on borrowing from public and private financial institutions
- Agribusiness futures and derivatives contracts
- Representation, agency, supply and distribution contracts
- Structuring Barter Operations
Tax:
- Consulting and planning for individuals in agribusiness, such as owners in leasing operations, parties to partnership contracts, cattle farmers, among others
- Tax aspects of buying and selling farms- Impact of tax reform on the various agribusiness fronts
- Recovery of tax credits, especially in the agribusiness sector- Negotiating tax liabilities for individuals and companies- Defense of tax assessments and tax foreclosures
Succession planning
- Advising on the succession of assets usually held by individuals, such as farms, cattle, etc.
- Structuring the succession of assets in agro-industries, including creating the appropriate succession model, drafting the applicable shareholders' agreements and family protocols, and other applicable documents.
Labor Relations in the Field
- Defense of labor claims throughout the agribusiness chain
- Family labor contracts
- Resolving irregular tenure issues
- Various employment contracts, including temporary work
- Labor risk mapping
