A global team managing complex issues

Due to Cargill's size and the diversity of our businesses, the range of legal services we provide to our clients across the globe is extensive:

$ Multi-billion acquisitions and divestitures	Superfund clean-ups	International trade disputes
International joint ventures	Import and export trade issues	Intellectual property development and protection issues
Corporate reorganizations	$ Multi-million financing arrangements	Strategic alliances
Securities and futures trading issues	Managing outside litigation counsel

Substantive areas of expertise include:

Admiralty	Antitrust	Bankruptcy
Competition	EEO	Environmental
Financial	Food law	Food safety
Futures regulation	Immigration	Insurance
Intellectual property	International trade	Joint Ventures (JV)
Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A)	OSHA/safety	Sales and secured transactions
Securities	Transportation and U.S. Extraterritorial laws*

*Anti-boycott laws; Trading with the Enemy Act and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

Most legal work — including complex transactions and regulatory work — is handled in-house, although the specialized expertise of outside counsel is used when necessary, primarily for litigation. Whether handling a matter directly or indirectly through outside counsel, we are fully responsible to our clients for the results of the legal counsel and guidance we provide.