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Piper Alderman is a full-service, commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. We have 55 partners, over 160 lawyers and around 325 staff in total. Our firm is committed to continual excellence in the practice of law, having been leading advisers to commercial interests across Australia for over 160 years. We have achieved our impressive growth by listening to our clients, responding to their needs and creating practical legal solutions. Our success has seen Piper Alderman consistently ranked as one of Australia's leading law firms and independently recognised as an outstanding legal service provider. Piper Alderman have acted for some of Australia’s iconic pastoral houses and pioneers of agriculture, from the establishment of the pastoral industry in the 1800s until the present day. The firm’s lawyers continue to act for leading agribusinesses operating inside the farm gate across a broad spectrum of primary production enterprises, as well as for clients operating beyond the farm gate in the agribusiness supply chain, food processing, retail and financial services sectors, export and R&D. Our team brings together significant legal knowledge and practical understanding of our client's operations to provide advice across a wide range of areas including:

• Banking & Finance
• Building & Construction
• Corporate & Commercial
• Credit Management & Insolvency
• Dispute Resolution & Litigation
• Employment Relations and OH&S
• Funds Management
• Government & Administrative Law
• Health & Life-sciences
• Hospitality, Tourism & Gaming
• Infrastructure & Projects
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property & Technology
• Planning & Environment including Native Title
• Private Client Services
• Property
• Resources
• Taxation & Superannuation
• Trade & Transport

For more information, please contact: Simon Venus Lead Partner - Agribusiness T +61 8 8205 3437 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) Or visit: www.piperalderman.com.au

Member

David Grace, Partner Cooper Grace Ward QLD

Executive Member

Stuart Levitt Principal Levitt Robinson - Solicitors & Attorneys

Level 6, 162 Goulburn Street, Sydney (East) NSW 2010 Tel: 02 9286 3133 Fax: 02 9283 0005

Corporate Members

Baker & McKenzie

Baker & McKenzie is global law firm with a leading agribusiness practice that  advises clients in Australia and across the world.  Through our network of 69 offices in 41 countries, we provide innovative advice and solutions for agribusiness companies in their domestic and cross-border operations and investments.

Representing key industry players over a number of years, our team has extensive experience in agribusiness-related sectors including broad acre and intensive farming, dairy, fibre, food, forestry, genetics, grains,  horticulture, livestock, pastoral, processing, trade rules, transport, water, bio-fuels and carbon.  We advise a diverse range of clients, from financiers to corporations to farmers, across the full spectrum of agribusiness activities, from paddock to plate.www.bakermckenzie.com

Corporate Members

Hall & Wilcox   

Hall & Wilcox has provided advice for over two decades to clients involved in agriculture and horticulture production and related supply chain. Our clients include agribusiness financiers, food industry bodies, government authorities, managed investment schemes, commodity marketers, forestry operators and significant private horticultural and pastoral companies.

The team assists these businesses on a broad range of matters including:

• Business transactions;
• Finance transactions;
• Commercialising and managing intellectual property rights;
• Managing employees;
• Land transactions;
• Equipment transactions;
• Primary produce transactions;
• Third party agreements; and
• Third party dispute resolution.

Click here for further details or go to www.hallandwilcox.com.au.

Member

Richard Kimber RHK Legal Shanghia China

Executive Member

Alastair (Sandy) Donaldson Partner

Donaldson Walsh Lawyers, Adelaide SA

At Donaldson Walsh Lawyers our clients are everything to us. If you’re looking for a straight talking, forward thinking partner to provide legal support to you and your business, we’d be delighted to count you among them.