Baker McKenzie with Agridence on Farmer Connect acquisition
Baker McKenzie Switzerland advised Singapore-based Agridence, a digital agri-commodity supply chain specialist, on its acquisition of Swiss compliance and traceability platform Farmer Connect.
The parties
Headquartered in Singapore, buyer Agridence is an agri-tech platform that digitalises global commodity supply chains for end-to-end traceability, environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance, as well as sustainability reporting.
Selling part Farmer Connect operates a tech platform specialised in streamlining EUDR compliance for agricultural businesses. Headquartered in Geneva, the company centralises ESG data and automates Due Diligence Statement (DDS) generation for EU TRACES integration.
The Baker McKenzie team
M&A partner Jingjin Guo (Geneva, pictured) led the Baker McKenzie team on the matter, working alongside M&A associates Manoé Ruchat (Geneva) and Nicolas Eckert (Zurich), tax associate Nathan Bouvier (Geneva), employment & compensation counsel Serge Pannatier (Geneva), as well as trainee lawyer Cyril Battiston (Geneva), with further support from Baker McKenzie Singapore and Vietnam.
