Agriculture and Timberland Finance

Overview

Agricultural and timberland investments require specialized financing strategies that go beyond traditional real estate. Adams & Reese attorneys advise large landowners, forestry and milling companies, renewable energy developers, agricultural and forestry lenders, and investors such as TIMOs and REITs. Drawing upon the collective strength of our Forestry and Corporate Services group, we help lenders and borrowers structure loans, manage risks, and synthesize forest operational issues within the framework of lending.

Structuring Purchases

Adams & Reese attorneys have extensive experience handling large land and forest transactions and understand the complexities involved, which provides the necessary background needed to structure and negotiate acquisition financing and other forest-collateralized loans effectively. We collaborate with tax professionals to develop structures that optimize tax efficiency while meeting regulatory requirements. Our team works with clients to:

• Negotiate purchases and financing with REITs, TIMOs, and institutional investors
• Craft transactions that comply with tax and regulatory standards
• Secure financing through agricultural and forestry lenders
• Structure and negotiate financing on behalf of agricultural and forestry lenders
• Manage international investor participation and related compliance

Leveraging Forest Assets

We help clients maximize the value of their timberland and agricultural holdings through strategic financing and investment structures, as well as provide in-depth guidance to agricultural and forestry lenders financing timberland and agricultural holdings. Our attorneys advise on public finance opportunities, investment restructuring, tax-advantaged timberland note structures, and credit facilities secured by land assets. With a focus on both acquisition and long-term management, Adams & Reese provides the insight and legal strategies investors and lenders need to structure deals, mitigate risk, and achieve lasting financial success.

Defining Strengths

• Agricultural land financing
• Forestry investment strategies
• International investor compliance
• Land acquisition 
• Large-scale land transactions
• Public finance
• Real estate
• REITs
• Renewable energy
• Tax
• Timberland financing
• TIMOs