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Agribusiness

The trusted lawyers of over 1,200 family and corporate agricultural businesses

Independently recognised as Queensland's Leading Agribusiness Firm.

Working for farmers, graziers and businesses in Queensland, the Northern Territory and border river areas of northern New South Wales, our clients know their business transactions are secure because they are drawing on the knowledge of the most experienced and leading team of agribusiness lawyers in Queensland.

We live, know and understand the rural sector.

All lawyers with strong rural backgrounds, our team is invested in the success of Australia’s agricultural industries.

Our clients benefit from our strong rural network.

Actively engaged with peak rural industry organisations including AgForce, we also maintain strong links with rural stock and station agents, accountants and other professionals who share our interest in the issues and opportunities facing Australian agriculture.

Our expertise

  • Sales and purchases of grazing and farming properties
    • pre-contract advice
    • structuring of purchasing entities
    • contract negotiation
    • due diligence
  • Sales and purchases of water entitlements, livestock and other agricultural business assets
  • Compensation for mining and gas activities, and statutory resumptions
  • Carbon farming
  • Vegetation clearing and other environmental regulations
  • Land tenures and tenure conversion
  • Native title and Aboriginal cultural heritage
  • Succession planning for and restructures of family-owned and corporate agricultural businesses

  • Resource management arrangements
    • leases
    • agistment agreements
    • horticultural licences
    • share farming agreements
    • management and consultancy agreements
  • Livestock export and livestock processing agreements
  • Foreign Investment Review Board applications
  • Taxation and revenue implications of transactions
    • transfer duty
    • land tax
    • GST
    • CGT

Whether you’re growing stock, crops or wealth – we’re with you.

 


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Ari McCamley
Ari McCamley
Partner Ph: +61 7 3231 8878 Email: amccamley@thymac.com.au
Alex Ramsey
Alex Ramsey
Partner Ph: +61 7 3231 8833 Email: aramsey@thymac.com.au

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During FY20, clients relied on Thynne + Macartney's Agribusiness team to acquire or sell rural properties valued in aggregate at more than $790 million.

Exploring solutions is easier face-to-face

Thynne + Macartney maintains a visited office program involving regular scheduled visits across regional Queensland and northern New South Wales.

To book an appointment, call (07) 3231 8747.

 

Upcoming regional visits

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Our clients include

  • Arrabury Pastoral Company
  • Bullawarrie Pty Limited
  • Consolidated Pastoral Company Pty Limited
  • Corish Farms Group
  • The Daniels Family / Venlock Pty Limited
  • McMillan Pastoral Company Pty Limited
  • Macquarie Pastoral Fund / Paraway Pastoral Company
  • The North Australian Pastoral Company Pty Limited
  • Stanbroke Pty Limited
  • Western Grazing Company

Rural solutions

Property transactions

We are consistently involved in some of Queensland and the Northern Territory’s headline rural property transactions. We help clients understand the legal, commercial and industry-specific risks that might affect an acquisition or impede the timely completion of a disposal, including the unique land tenures across rural Australia.

In many cases we have helped the same client, or generations of the same family, build up a property portfolio over many decades.

Succession planning

Many families want their success in the rural industry to transition smoothly to the next generation. The transfer of property and wealth across generations of farmers and graziers brings its own unique set of circumstances to be carefully considered before decisions are made.

Resources and infrastructure

We help landholders affected by mining, coal seam gas and infrastructure development in rural Queensland to achieve better outcomes for preliminary access through to major project compensation and sale and leaseback agreements.

Compulsory acquisitions

For decades, we have helped clients secure better outcomes when faced with resumption or acquisition proposals for transport, transmission line and pipeline corridors, dams and other water infrastructure, national parks, conservation projects or public works.

Carbon farming projects and offset arrangements

Alex Ramsey is an approved advisors under the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority’s Carbon Farming Advice Rebate Program. The program provides landholders with rebates up to $10,000 to offset the cost of obtaining relevant advice related to carbon farming projects and how these projects may participate in the Queensland Government’s Land Restoration Fund.

Behind the farm gate

Day-to-day life on the land and in agricultural industries is familiar to our team. Many of our lawyers are from rural backgrounds which helps broaden our knowledge when advising on legal issues relating to day to day operations on the land.

Environmental Law

We help agricultural businesses successfully navigate unique and diverse environmental challenges. Our experience includes regulation of vegetation clearing, water infrastructure and water entitlements, intensive agriculture (including feedlots and chicken farms) and other activities regulated under environmental and planning legislation.

Employment & Migration

We help employers to manage permanent, part-time and casual employees, by providing advice on all stages and aspects of employment and workplace relations tailored for agribusiness, including hiring, entitlements, termination and post-employment arrangements.

Peter Kenny has worked for Stanbroke Pastoral Company and the Menegazzo family for many years. Peter, and his firm Thynne + Macartney, are excellent to do business with and we fully recommend them.

 

 

The Menegazzo Family Owners, Stanbroke Pastoral Company

Providing regular updates on the agriculture sector, our Agribusiness Newsletter is circulated to more than 1,000 loyal clients.

 

Read our latest newsletter   

Legal Guide for Primary Producers

The Guide contains laws affecting primary producers in Queensland published by the Law Foundation Queensland and the Queensland Law Society.

Sharing our knowledge gained over 40 years in the rural sector. Thynne + Macartney has authored three successive editions of the Guide, most recently in 2019.

Read the Guide here

Awards & Recognition

Best Lawyers

Agribusiness and Rural Affairs

  • Ari McCamley – (2021-2022)
  • Alex Ramsey – (2022)

Agribusiness

  • Leading Law Firm – First Tier (2016-2021)
  • Ari McCamley – Leading (2016-2021)
  • Alex Ramsey – Leading (2021), Recommended (2018-2020)

Team of the Year

  • Property – Finalist (2017 & 2020-2021)

Contact Us

  • 07 3231 8888
  • 07 3229 0855
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Brisbane Office
  • Level 32, Riverside Centre
    123 Eagle Street
    BRISBANE QLD 4000
Cairns Office
  • Level 1, Moresby Haus
    4 Scott Street
    CAIRNS QLD 4870

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