Polsinelli’s Agribusiness team helps companies and investors build, finance and scale businesses across the food and agriculture value chain. Drawing on Polsinelli’s nationally recognized Intellectual Property, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital and Emerging Companies, and Private Equity practices and backed by decades of experience representing agribusiness clients nationwide, we bring an integrated approach that connects transactions, financing, regulatory guidance and intellectual property — advising on how businesses are structured, how capital is deployed and how products move from development to market.

Strategic Advisors Across the Agribusiness Lifecycle

We work with agribusiness operators, investors and lenders to structure and finance growth, execute acquisitions and investments, commercialize new products and technologies, and navigate the regulatory requirements that govern production, processing and distribution. We are also active at the intersection of agriculture, technology and life sciences, advising companies developing and scaling AgTech, precision agriculture and biotechnology solutions as they move from innovation to market. Clients rely on us for integrated support across:

• Transactions and Growth: Leading and executing middle-market mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investments, platform and add-on acquisitions, and other strategic transactions in the agribusiness and food sectors.
• Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances: Providing comprehensive support from formation to execution across the agribusiness sector, advising clients on governance structures, operational efficiencies, risk management and financial alignment to help position ventures for long-term success and strategic growth. 
• Regulatory and Compliance: Guiding clients through food and agriculture regulatory compliance, including USDA and FDA requirements, enforcement actions, labeling and safety obligations and risk management across production, processing and distribution.
• Intellectual Property and Commercialization: Developing and implementing agribusiness intellectual property strategies, including patents and trademarks, freedom-to-operate analysis, joint development and licensing agreements, distribution agreements and IP portfolio management supporting product and technology development and commercialization.
• Agribusiness Finance: Representing lenders and borrowers in agribusiness financing, including asset-based lending and real estate and equipment financing, and advising on collateral, security interests, enforcement and restructuring strategies. We advise nationwide agribusiness lenders that provide long-term financing for generational agribusiness operations, offering local-market support, state-by-state compliance guidance and practical documentation and collateral advice on individual loans and full portfolios. Because agribusiness lenders are relationship builders, we help them structure competitive floating-rate strategies, preserve lending relationships and navigate workout mechanics and bankruptcy defense when challenges arise.

Experience Across the Agribusiness Ecosystem

We support clients across key segments of the agribusiness and food ecosystem, including:

• Crop inputs and plant health 
• Animal health, feed and supplements 
• Food products, ingredients and nutraceuticals 
• AgTech and precision agriculture technologies
• Controlled environment agriculture 
• Grain production and processing 
• Food production, distribution and waste prevention