Agribusiness & Rural

Several areas of agribusiness, particularly in relation to water law, are highly specialised.  A thorough knowledge and comprehensive familiarity of these areas is therefore critical to successful management of matters.  The team of dedicated experts in Kemp Strang's Agribusiness practice consistently provides clients with an unparalleled understanding of the issues affecting their business, successfully addressing all their legal concerns.

We are recognised by the industry and our peers as leaders in this field, and other firms regularly refer their clients to us to act on agribusiness matters.

Our lawyers are able to assist clients regardless of the complexity, or indeed simplicity of their requirements, including in relation to:

• Drafting documentation for land transactions, water transactions and rural business transactions.
• Drafting security documentation involving rural properties and water rights.
• Setting up and advising large scale irrigation schemes and associations.
• Preparation and vetting of commercial documentation relating to purchase and sale of agricultural commodities with associated currency hedging, futures trading, etc.
• Litigation on the breadth of rural related issues including contractual disputes, misrepresentation and fair trading issues, damage from crop spraying, leasing and sharefarming disputes and bank mediations.

Reflective of our reputation in this area, we have represented industry bodies such as Cotton Australia, NSW Irrigator's Council Limited and the Irrigation Association of Australia.

Principal contacts: Mark Procajlo and Paul Frederick