After the acquisition, Agridence intends to continue providing a service for existing Farmer Connect customers and will work to expand the platform’s capabilities and market reach. The integration is expected to combine both companies’ compliance and traceability offerings, while maintaining current business operations.
Baker McKenzie advised Agridence on all legal and tax matters related to this transaction. M&A Partner Jingjin Guo (Geneva) led the team, which consisted of the following: Manoé Ruchat (M&A associate, Geneva), Nicolas Eckert (M&A associate, Zurich), Nathan Bouvier (tax associate, Geneva), Serge Pannatier (employment & compensation counsel, Geneva), Cyril Battiston (trainee lawyer, Geneva), with the support of Baker McKenzie Singapore and Vietnam.
About Agridence
Agridence is a Singapore-based agri-tech platform digitizing global commodity supply chains for end-to-end traceability, environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance, and sustainability reporting. Using cloud-native software and AI analytics, Agridence helps companies and smallholders comply with the EUDR and other assurance standards, promoting transparency and resilience in the agri-commodity sector. Learn more at www.agridence.com.
About Farmer Connect
Farmer Connect is a Swiss tech platform that streamlines EUDR compliance for agricultural businesses. It centralizes ESG data and automates Due Diligence Statement (DDS) generation for EU TRACES integration, connecting with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems via application programming interfaces (API) for efficient, up-to-date compliance and traceability. To learn more, visit https://farmerconnect.com.