Agriculture, Livestock and Extractive Industries

Agribusiness plays a structural role in the economy of northern Brazil and operates under a particular combination of risks: seasonality, dependence on credit, currency exposure, sanitary and environmental oversight and, frequently, family control structures. Mendes's work in the sector stems from that understanding, treating rural property, the supply chain and commercialization as parts of a single business.

Experience includes corporate disputes at agribusiness companies, restoring legitimate representation and governance; defense against assessments by agricultural inspection authorities affecting export authorizations; agribusiness credit instruments and the collection of the underlying receivables; tax planning; and estate and succession planning for farming families.