- Manage modern business challenges alongside the age-old tradition of farming.
- Advise on the commercial realities of agribusiness and the unique legal issues associated with operating a farm.
- Support agribusiness sectors including production, transportation, chemical companies, equipment manufacture and distribution.
What agribusiness services do we provide?
The team at Simmons Wolfhagen can advise and deliver strategies and solutions across all legal aspects of agribusiness operations including:
- sale and purchase of grazing and farming properties, including pre-contract advice, structuring of purchasing entities, contract negotiation and due diligence
- sale and purchase of water entitlements, livestock, grain and other agricultural business assets
- compensation for construction and infrastructure activities and statutory resumptions
- succession planning for and restructure of family owned and corporate agricultural businesses
- resource management arrangements, including leases, agistment agreements, horticultural licences, share farming agreements and management and consultancy agreements
- livestock export and livestock processing agreements
- vegetation clearing and other environmental regulations
- native title and Aboriginal cultural heritage
- Foreign Investment Review Board applications
- land tenures and tenure conversion.
What if your farm is isolated? How can we help?
We are a truly Tasmanian wide legal firm with expertise in the rural sector.
With offices in Hobart, Launceston, Kingston, Devonport, Smithton and Scottsdale we are well placed to support our clients throughout Tasmania.
We know and understand the rural sector and offer a complete range of legal solutions to businesses and families operating in the agricultural sector.