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TozziniFreire

Agribusiness

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As agribusiness is an extremely complex industry, it requires multidisciplinary and specialized legal counsel. Thus, TozziniFreire’s Agribusiness group gathers highly skilled lawyers in corporate, finance transactions, projects, international trade, real estate, and tax to provide clients with the multidisciplinary service they demand. Furthermore, our long-standing relationships with key agribusiness players have helped us develop an intimate understanding of the specificities of this field.

TozziniFreire assists several biofuel producers and agrochemical companies, in buying and selling agricultural commodities used in biofuel production, financing, and M&A transactions, as well as representing them in commercial and administrative disputes. We are one of the leading firms in agribusiness financing, particularly, securitizations such as Agribusiness Receivables Certificates (CRAs), which is now the main source of financing for agribusiness activities.

Our team’s expertise and reputation in this practice also explain our participation in the drafting and negotiation of the New Agribusiness Law with the Ministry of Economy, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Central Bank of Brazil, and agribusiness associations.

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Agribusiness - Brazil

Band 4

What the Team is Known For
TozziniFreire Advogados is an established firm with an agribusiness department highly sought after by pulp and paper companies, fertiliser producers, finance institutions and energy companies to assist with a range of matters. The team boasts particular expertise in advising clients on financial transactions, including sector-related M&A, as well as capital market operations such as the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates. Additional expertise handling timberland investment mandates.
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Work Highlights

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  • TozziniFreire acted as Brazilian counsel to the issuer and guarantor on a BRL13 billion dual-tranche commercial notes issuance arranged by Banco Bradesco BBI, in connection to J&F’s acquisition of Eldorado Brasil Celulose from Paper Excellence.

Strengths

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  • The main differentiating factor of TozziniFreire in the agribusiness sector is its ability to combine deep technical and legal knowledge with a practical and strategic understanding of the business. The law firm acts not only as a legal adviser, but as a true strategic partner, anticipating risks and proposing legally sound and economically viable solutions.

    Agribusiness respondentBrazil

  • TozziniFreire's team has developed a good understanding of our operations, dynamics and risk profile, and they are able to tailor their legal advice to our commercial objectives. They demonstrate good awareness of the practical implications of legal strategies and consistently provide guidance that balances legal protection with business feasibility.

    Agribusiness respondentBrazil

Notable Practitioners

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  • Alexei Bonamin
    Alexei Bonamin

    Alexei Bonamin

    Alexei Bonamin is an active agribusiness lawyer, especially focused on capital markets operations, including the issuance of Agribusiness Receivables Certificates and Receivables Investment Funds, and other actions before the Brazilian stock exchange.

    • He is a very good lawyer with an active presence in the Brazilian agribusiness sphere.

      Agribusiness respondentBrazil

    • Alexei Bonamin is consistently helpful and has a strong understanding of the business needs of clients in the sector.

      Agribusiness respondentBrazil
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  • Elias Marques de Medeiros Neto
    Elias Marques de Medeiros Neto

    Elias Marques de Medeiros Neto

    Co-head of department Elias Marques de Medeiros Neto regularly represents clients on sector-related disputes including breach of contract, non-compliance and possessory claims. He also boasts extensive experience handling damages disputes.

    • Elias Marques de Medeiros Neto is distinguished by his technical expertise and in-depth understanding of the matters he handles. He combines legal expertise with a practical and solution-oriented mindset, consistently providing clear and reliable guidance to us.

      Agribusiness respondentBrazil

    • He has a distinctive commercial vision. Elias builds legally sound and strategically aligned solutions that are practical to implement and add real value to the business.

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    • Elias Marques is a senior partner and key contact at the law firm. He has in-depth knowledge of agribusiness and a clear understanding of the sector’s nuances.

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