Agri-Food

RCD offers specialised legal advice to the various agents of the agriculture industry, providing a sector-specific approach focused on each type of business

Our team is made up of professionals with proven experience across a wide range of the firm's practice areas (Corporate, M&A, Real Estate, Tax, Labour and Employment, and Dispute Resolution), which enables them to provide the best possible solutions for the matters they tackle. The RCD team adapts their work to the needs of each client in order to cover all angles, add extra value to our advice, and offer our clients truly comprehensive services.

Our services include:

Regulatory services

Structuring of funds and investment vehicles related to investment in the Agritech sector:

Regulated vehicles:

  • Providing comprehensive advice to management companies (SGIIC (Management Companies of Collective Investment Undertakings) and SGEIC (Management Companies of Closed-Ended Collective Investment Undertakings)) and all types of managed vehicles, private equity entities (SCR (Venture Capital Companies), FCR (Venture Capital Funds), FCRE (European Venture Capital Funds)), and EICC (Closed-Ended Collective Investment Undertakings, including the design and management of authorisation processes
  • Advising on authorisation processes with the CNMV (the National Securities Market Commission)
  • Providing regulatory advice on the suitability of investment assets
  • Providing recurring regulatory advice to fund managers and vehicles

    • Regulated and unregulated vehicles:

    • Structuring of private equity, venture capital, infrastructure, and real estate funds, funds of funds, debt funds, and hedge funds
    • Advising on the establishment of national and international funds
    • Advising on the investment, divestment, and liquidation of investment funds and investment companies
    • Drafting and negotiation subscription agreements, commitment letters, by-laws, and shareholders' agreements, and co-investment structures

      • Corporate & Commercial / M&A services

      • Advising on investment transactions and the acquisition of shares in unlisted companies
      • Advising on financing, both alternative and direct lending

        • Real Estate and Agritech sector services

        • Advising on contracts relating to the acquisition of ownership and rights of use (i.e. surface, lease, lease with purchase options, etc.) in respect of real estate assets, with a particular focus on rural land, giving special attention to sector-specific issues (i.e. single payment entitlements).
        • Advising on the structuring of transactions from the angle of protection of the client's rights and interests, taking into account tax and register-related protection considerations.
        • Advising on by-product supply contracts (biomass, biomethane, and food sector projects).
        • Urban planning and administrative analyses of land for the development of projects.

          • Tax services

          • Providing tax advice and compliance services.
          • Assisting with financial planning
          • Providing international tax management
          • Advising on tax benefits and subsidies
          • Advising on tax audits and litigation related to tax and fiscal matters
          • Carrying out Tax Due Diligence procedures

            • Intellectual property services

            • Advising on the formulation of strategies for the protection and defence of industrial and intellectual property rights
            • Managing the application, processing, and registration of trademarks, patents, designs, and plant varieties
            • Advising in connection with the drafting of protocols for the protection of trade secrets
            • Pre-litigation claims and litigation concerning trademarks, patents, designs, plant varieties, and trade secrets
            • Advising on licensing contracts for intellectual property rights, trade secrets, and know-how