Agribusiness & Rural

Our senior lawyers have advised clients in the agribusiness and rural industry for more than 45 years and have strong family ties with one of the pioneering pastoralist families in the north-west of Western Australia. This allows our senior lawyers to appreciate and relate to clients in this industry. In addition, our senior lawyers also have experience in acting for various plantation operators in the Carnarvon plantation area. Over the years our senior lawyers have acted for clients involved in wheat, canola, lupin, wool, beef, lamb and plantation operations.

Our senior lawyers have expertise in advising clients in relation to the following agribusiness and rural matters:

  • Agribusiness and rural property transactions;
  • Sale and purchase of farmland, property assets and livestock, from due diligence through to settlement;
  • Farm leases, share farming agreements and livestock management agreements;
  • Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) applications;
  • Farm subdivisions;
  • Pastoral leases and dealings with the Pastoral Lands Board;
  • Land dealings with mining, energy and telecommunications companies, including lease and licence agreements, wind farm agreements, royalty agreements, land access agreements, compensation agreements and easement deeds;
  • Compulsory acquisitions and land valuation matters;
  • Structuring advice on issues relating to trading entities, partnerships, trusts, corporations and family restructures;
  • Preparation of partnership agreements and property ownership agreements;
  • Preparation of trust deeds for holding and trading entities;
  • Mortgages, crop liens and other securities against rural and agribusiness assets;
  • Water rights, access and licences under the Waterways Conservation Act 1976 (WA);
  • Carbon trading agreements;
  • Restructuring to facilitate succession planning;
  • Estate and business succession planning for rural and agribusiness;
  • Intergenerational farm transfers and Family Farm Exemption Transfers under the Duties Act 2008 (WA);
  • Negotiation and mediation of disputes; and
  • Disputes and litigation.