Agribusiness and Biotechnology

The Agribusiness and Biotechnology practice at KLA brings together a multidisciplinary team with solid expertise in Agrarian, Land, Real Estate, Environmental, Regulatory, Tax, Corporate, Capital Markets, and Carbon Markets Law.

With a strategic vision, the team supports companies across the entire agribusiness and biotechnology production chain — from structuring to operations — expanding opportunities in sectors that are fundamental to Brazil’s GDP and national economy.

Our partners and attorneys provide specialized and comprehensive legal advisory services, including drafting and reviewing contracts, land regularization, legal audits, regulatory consulting, representation in administrative and judicial disputes, and structuring operational agreements — always with a focus on legal certainty and value creation for businesses.

SERVICES

Structures

Operations and commercial partnerships, barter transactions, creation of joint ventures, and formalization of operational agreements
Negotiation and formalization of business contracts within agribusiness value chains

Land Regularization

Compulsory Adjudication
Extrajudicial Usucaption
Area and registry rectification
Land Regularization

Typical Rural Contracts

Lease Agreement
Rural Partnership Agreement
Integration Agreement

Contracts

Agricultural product acquisition agreements tailored to the specificities of each sector
Guarantees and Real Rights: mortgages, fiduciary transfer of real estate
Sale & Leaseback, Surface Rights: Usufruct

Regulatory

Licensing, compliance, and environmental, sanitary, and regulatory administrative/judicial litigation involving real estate, industrial plants, and regulated activities
Comprehensive regulatory advisory for agricultural products, including labeling and advertising compliance, import procedures, and regulated supply chains
Regulation and structuring of new agribusiness business models, including agtechs, digital agriculture, drones, AI, and innovation in the field

Audits

Legal audits aimed at diagnostic analysis of asset qualification, identification of irregularities, and barriers to project implementation
Audits for structuring carbon projects, management of agricultural land, Reduction of Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD), and avoided grassland conversion