Food & Agribusiness

Our Food & Agribusiness practice provides sound, practical and actionable advice rooted in data and backed by best-in-class execution capabilities. Our experts in growth, commercial excellence, operations, supply chain management, technology and finance can guide change across any organization.

We understand the competing considerations underlying our clients’ business decisions, and we develop and execute strategies to deliver sustainable transformation, whether that is growing the top line or enhancing the bottom line. Even in accelerated timeframes, we strike a balance between short-term and long-term goals. With experts driving change through all major elements of the enterprise, our global team assists clients to develop and execute growth strategies, while our operations experts attain maximum efficiencies.

The Food & Agribusiness restructuring and turnaround experts at FTI Consulting help management stabilize finances, improve operations and take proactive steps to enhance our client’s value in the marketplace. Our deep expertise across the food and agribusiness industries enables us to quickly determine the key issues and react immediately to client challenges.

For companies in financial distress, our team assists management to develop near-term liquidity forecasts and implement policies and procedures to improve cash-flow management. At management’s request, our experts can obtain additional financing, negotiate loan covenant waivers and guide complex debt restructuring.

In addition to company-side advisory services, our experts provide financial and operational advisory services to secured and unsecured creditors. These advisory services include business plan reviews and diagnostics, cash-flow monitoring, collateral reviews, credit agreement modifications and negotiations, asset sales reviews and other transactions.

FTI Consulting’s integrated team can help identify and address challenges and successfully execute across the deal cycle and at every step of a transaction. We perform due diligence (finance, operational, tax, technical, IT and commercial), identify cost and revenue synergies, generate employee support, develop and disseminate deal communications, secure the needed regulatory approvals, determine the “costs to achieve” planned savings, and develop and implement the Day 1 through Day 100+ plan.

Drawing on our industry expertise and deep deal experience, we advise private equity, corporate and financial clients on strategy, structure and separation/integration, and communications across the deal life cycle. As an objective, independent partner, we are free from audit-based conflicts and restrictions. Our deep bench of senior-level transaction advisors understands industry-specific challenges, opportunities and competitive landscapes, enabling us to identify, assess and recommend strategic opportunities for your business.

We combine expertise in food and agribusiness, along with ESG and sustainability, to work through every phase and facet of a solid, achievable ESG and sustainability program. We help companies develop future-focused sustainability strategies, leveraging regulatory insights and emerging trends to enable our clients to anticipate and prepare for an evolving landscape that balances the needs of regulators, consumers, investors and other stakeholders.

FTI Consulting helps design and implement systems that strengthen governance and controls around key ESG data, assisting organizations with reporting and target-setting. Our work aligns to both mandatory and voluntary reporting standards, as well as investor expectations. Our ESG & Sustainability teams provide end-to-end service, from implementing strategies around specific sustainability goals to communicating with stakeholders about the sustainability of products, processes, supply chains and companies.

FTI Consulting's strategic communications and reputation management services help leaders seize opportunities and mitigate risks during and following transformational and disruptive moments. Our hundreds of senior strategic communications consultants around the globe help clients manage crises, navigate market disruptions, stake competitive positions, articulate commitments and preserve society’s permission to operate.

We leverage our strategic communications experts to help you clarify positions, engage stakeholders and ensure that the right message reaches the right audience at the right time. FTI Consulting has experts in financial communications, crisis communications, transaction and M&A communications, corporate reputation management, public and government affairs, and data-driven design, content and digital strategy.

FTI Consulting and our subsidiary Compass Lexecon provide proactive and reactive antitrust services and solutions as well as compliance consulting across multiple industries and continents. We assist clients in many of the world’s largest, highest-profile antitrust actions and M&A transactions, solidifying our reputation as a go-to resource for antitrust consulting expertise.