RPC advises senior management of AgriBriefing on acquisition by Mintec

International law firm RPC is advising the senior management of AgriBriefing on its announced acquisition by Mintec, a leading global provider of price data, analytics, and forecasts for agri-food, to create a market leading Price Reporting Agency (PRA) and Data Provider.

The RPC private equity team are delighted to be working with the senior management of AgriBriefing on this transaction, having supported them through earlier stages of Agribriefing's growth.

AgriBriefing is the leading provider of agricultural commodity pricing benchmarks, analytics and market data, and provides proprietary data and intelligence on the estimated US$5tn global trade in agricultural commodities, food and biofuel. 

Building on previous acquisitions by Mintec , the combined company will become the largest agri-food-focussed PRA and global information provider.

RPC deal lead James Mee said: “We are delighted to be asked once again to work with Rory Brown, Rupert Levy and the team on a transformational transaction.  We wish the team all success going forward."

Rupert Levy, CFO of AgriBriefing, said: “We are excited by the transaction and as ever grateful for the expertise, knowledge and guidance provided by James and the RPC team."

Mintec is a portfolio company of Five Arrows and Synova, who hold a significant minority investment.  The combination with AgriBriefing will be the first strategic transformational acquisition following Five Arrows’ investment in the company.   A link to the announcement is here.

Horizon Capital has announced its exit, having supported significant development in the business.  A link to the announcement is here. 

The RPC team was led by James Mee working with Private Equity Partner David Wallis and Senior Associate Ben Magahy.  RPC worked alongside Liberty Corporate Finance (Simon Hill and Clare Kazab) and BDO (Christopher Mann).