FERRERE services a region that has traditionally been involved in agriculture and livestock raising that offers excellent opportunities for development of Agribusiness and Forestry ventures. For decades the firm has advised key players in the Agribusiness sector on their corporate structuring, analysis of transfer prices, tax planning, formalization of procedures, and internal and external audits. The firm’s attorneys act preventively, examining regulatory framework compliance and other specifics for access to international markets. Its professionals have been active participants in structuring trusts, share capital offerings, and attracting investments. They perform financial, tax, labor, social security and environmental due diligence procedures for clients in this sector.

FERRERE designs highly-specific financial restructurings and, in parallel, develops and makes feasible the adoption of economic and environmental sustainability indicators for farm industry companies, which must respond to the increased international demand for food and energy. Its clients include innovative grain companies such as Adecoagro, Noble Group, MSU and Calyx Agro. FERRERE’s professionals also represent various of the world’s largest forestry companies and forest funds, as well as other operators in the sector active in Uruguay, including Weyerhaeuser, Global Forest Partners and Cambium Forestal Uruguay.

In the forestry industry the firm advises its clients on all stages of the production process, from assessment and acquisition of properties, including due diligence procedures for purchase of existing forest assets, to contracts with suppliers, preparation of agreements for wood sale and forest thinning agreements, leases and pasturing arrangements. This experience was relevant in the largest forestry transaction done in Uruguay to date, when the forest assets shared by Global Forest Partners and Weyerhaeuser in Uruguay were divided.

The firm’s professionals in Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia provide coordinated handling of the business of diverse local and multinational companies operating in these industries in the countries of South America’s Southern Cone.