Extensive experience characterizes Nyemaster’s FOCUSED REPRESENTATION of producers, processors, manufacturers, and agriculture-related companies.

AGRIBUSINESS BREADTH

Our attorneys understand agriculture. We represent clients in all aspects of agriculture and agriculture-related businesses:

• Local and federated value-added farmers cooperatives
• Closed cooperatives
• Growers
• Family farm businesses
• Processors, including kosher meat processors
• Manufacturers, including Fortune 500 equipment manufacturers
• Lenders
• Large-scale hog, cattle, and dairy livestock operators
• Farm management companies
• National and international agricultural chemical manufacturers and distributors
• Alternative energy and renewable fuel companies, such as ethanol plants, biodiesel plants, and wind energy farms
• Hybrid seed companies

FULL-SERVICE REPRESENTATION

Using deep knowledge of the agriculture industry and its business needs, our specialized attorneys offer comprehensive, efficient services to agribusiness clients. We coordinate across legal practice areas including:

• Alternative Energy, Renewable Fuels & Public Utilities
• Banking & Secured Transactions
• Corporate Finance, Venture Capital & Securities
• Environmental
• Immigration
• Intellectual Property
• Labor & Employment
• Litigation
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Tax, Estate Planning & Employee Benefits

BROAD AND DEEP EXPERIENCE

Our experience includes a diverse collection of clients and representation for agriculture-related businesses, including:

• Represented international seed business generally and in corporate reorganization and ultimate sale to European chemical and drug company.
• Represented animal by-products and rendering business in all facets of its business, including acquisitions, regulatory compliance, zoning issues, real estate matters, joint ventures in the United States, Canada, Europe, and South America, and ultimate sale for $140 million.
• Represent national agricultural chemical company in regional and international distribution, supply, sales, toll manufacturing, private label, antitrust, commercial contract, credit and finance, litigation, and workers’ compensation matters.
• Represent international company headquartered in Iowa in acquisitions and sales of businesses, contracting for purchases, and sale of products and services, as well as joint ventures.
• Represent swine genetics company in connection with outside investment, acquisitions, and operations.
• Represent kosher and non-kosher meat processors in all aspects of operations, including regulatory and food safety compliance, supply contracts, sales and distribution agreements, banking and finance, environmental, acquisitions, business organization and corporate governance issues, and tax matters.
• Advise and represent agricultural commodity growers of pharmaceutical or genetically modified crops with respect to production and supply agreements, governmental regulatory compliance, and import/export regulatory compliance.
• Represented numerous agricultural cooperatives in mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, contracts, and raising equity capital.
• Assist numerous family farm businesses with corporate farming law compliance, business organization selection, banking and finance, tax, succession planning, and estate planning matters.
• Represent promoter of agricultural and livestock-related businesses in connection with organizational and financing matters, including private placements of debt and equity securities totaling approximately $50 million.
• Represent community-based 501 cooperative in organizational and financing matters, including private placement of securities and corn delivery agreements.
• Represent agricultural lending groups in multimillion-dollar credit facilities for livestock production operations.
• Represent agribusiness industrial facility in negotiating agreements with city government regarding use and financing of wastewater treatment plant.