Matters

  • Represented J.R. Simplot Company, a privately held food and agribusiness company headquartered in Boise, Idaho, in its agreement to acquire Pinnacle Agriculture Holdings, LLC, a leading agricultural retailer, and its subsidiaries. The acquisition brought together two market leaders in the distribution of agricultural crop inputs and related services.
  • Represented Analytical Bio-Chemistry Laboratories, Inc. (“ABC”), a leading provider of analytical testing services to the pharmaceutical, biotech, animal health, crop protection, consumer products and chemical industries, in its sale to a strategic buyer.
  • Represented Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company, in 2019 acquisition of the assets of Schillinger Genetics, also known as eMerge Genetics, an Iowa-based company delivering novel high-yielding, high-protein non-GMO soybean varieties.
  • Represented Fort Recovery Equity, Inc., an Ohio egg production cooperative, in sale to Cooper Farms, Inc., Ohio-based family-owned poultry production and processing company - deal value not disclosed.
  • Represented JBS USA, subsidiary of JBS, the world’s leading animal protein processor, in sale of distribution centers to Colorado Boxed Beef Company, distributor of meat, seafood, cheese and other food products.
  • Represented Lariat Partners, private equity sponsor in its control investment and leveraged financing of Willowood USA, a leading generic crop protectant distributor.
  • Represented Michlig AgriCenter, Inc., in sale of agronomy unit to Crop Production Services, Inc., a leader in crop production services and supplies - deal value not disclosed.
  • Represented NewLeaf Symbiotics, Inc., venture-backed agricultural biotech company that is researching and commercializing naturally beneficial plant bacteria for crop health and protection, in acquisition of Intuitive Genomics, designer and implementer of custom bioinformatics solutions.
  • Represented Pasteuria Bioscience, Inc. in sale to Switzerland-based Syngenta International AG, a world leader in agri-business focusing on sustainable agriculture.