Dario D. Avram

Dario D. Avram
Partner

425 Market Street

San Francisco, CA 94105-2482

darioavram@mofo.com

(415) 268-7479

(212) 336-4479

INDUSTRIES + ISSUES

Food + Agriculture

BAR ADMISSIONS

New York

District of Columbia

California

EDUCATION

University of California, San Diego, B.A.

The George Washington University Law School, J.D.

Darío Avram is co-chair of Morrison Foerster’s Finance Group and a member of the Private Equity Buyouts & Investment Group. His transactional practice is focused on financings and private equity matters, with additional experience in restructurings.

Darío regularly represents private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies in a variety of complex U.S. and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged buyouts, refinancings, and restructurings. He has led transactions covering a range of industries, including technology, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, industrials, professional services, and consumer products, among others.

Darío has been recognized by Chambers USA as a notable practitioner for Banking & Finance in California. He was also recognized by Global M&A Network as one of Americas Top 50 Rising Dealmakers and by Legal 500 as a key partner for Private Equity Buyouts.

Experience

Mountaingate Capital's Acquisition of Integrated Digital Strategies

Mountaingate Capital and its portfolio company Ignite Visibility in their acquisition of Integrated Digital Strategies.



Altamont Capital Partners and Specialized Packaging Group's Acquisition of Complete Packaging

Altamont Capital Partners and its portfolio company Specialized Packaging Group, a leading, vertically integrated provider of protective packaging products, in their acquisition of Complete Packaging.

Palladium Equity Partners' Acquisition of Source Logistics

Palladium Equity Partners, LLC in its affiliates’ acquisition of Source Logistics, a provider of value-added warehousing, distribution and fulfillment third-party logistics (3PL) services to the consumer goods sector with a focus on Hispanic food and beverage brands.

Alpine Investors' refinancing of the Apex Services Partners platform

Alpine Investors refinancing of Apex’s existing credit facilities in connection with Apex’s $3.4 billion single-asset secondary market transaction.

Aqua Capital's Acquisition of Novus Ag

Aqua Capital, an agriculture-focused private equity investor based in Brazil, in its acquisition of Novus Ag, a portfolio company of Tillridge Global Agribusiness Partners.

Palladium Equity Partners and Trachte’s Acquisition of Parkline

Palladium Equity Partners and its portfolio company Trachte in Trachte’s acquisition of Parkline Inc., a premier manufacturer and service provider, from Summit Park

AgroFresh Solutions' Go-Private Buyout

AgroFresh Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: AGFS), a Philadelphia-based provider of technologies and services to extend the shelf life of fresh produce, in its go-private buyout deal with Paine Schwartz Partners

San Francisco Equity Partners' Acquisition of DGS Retail

San Francisco Equity Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in DGS Retail, a leading provider of décor, signage, fixtures, and displays to customers in the grocery, retail, foodservice, and consumer brand end markets.

Altamont Capital Partners' Acquisition of Nutrition 101

Altamont Capital Partners in its acquisition of Nutrition 101, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable and eco-conscious waste management services for food processors and retailers

Alpine Investors' Creation of the Trilon Platform

Alpine Investors in the formation and launch of the Trilon Group, a family of infrastructure consulting businesses, and subsequent add-on acquisitions.

Altamont Capital Partners' Acquisition of Service Minds

Altamont Capital Partners in its acquisition of Service Minds, a leading provider of electrical, plumbing, and HVAC services.

Alpine Investors' Partnership with Wilson Language Training

Alpine Investors in its partnership with Wilson Language Training, a program that provides evidence-based curricula and ongoing professional learning to literacy educators

Altamont Capital Partners' Acquisition of Bishop Lifting Products

Altamont Capital Partners in its acquisition of Houston-based Bishop Lifting Products, Inc., a market-leading, value-added distributor of lifting products and solutions, from SBP Holdings.

Main Post Partners' Investment in Mishimoto

Main Post Partners in its strategic growth investment in Mishimoto, the world leader in performance cooling products for the automotive aftermarket.

Alpine Investors’ creation of the Apex Services Partners platform

Alpine Investors in the creation of the Apex Services Partners platform and subsequent add-on acquisitions.

Main Post Partners’ strategic growth investment in The Happy Planner

Main Post Partners in its strategic growth investment in The Happy Planner, a fast-growing, creative lifestyle brand of organizational and creative planning systems.

Spark Networks’ acquisition of Zoosk, Inc.

Spark Networks in its acquisition of Zoosk, Inc., resulting in the creation of the second largest dating company in North America.

Gryphon Investors’ acquisition of RegEd, Inc.

Gryphon Investors in its acquisition of RegEd, Inc., the leading provider of compliance and regulatory management services for insurance companies, broker-dealers, banks, and other financial services companies.

Alpine Investors and Evergreen Services Group’s acquisitions and financings

Alpine Investors and its portfolio company Evergreen Services Group in a number of acquisitions and financings.

Main Post Partners’ investment in Fortis Solutions Group

Main Post Partners in its investment in Fortis Solutions Group, a provider of labeling and packing solutions for consumer packaged goods companies, which is headquartered in Virginia Beach, VA.

Rankings

Recommended in Finance: Commercial Lending

Legal 500 USA 2024

Ones to Watch - Banking & Finance Law

Best Lawyers in America 2021-2025

Notable practitioner for Banking & Finance (California)

Chambers USA 2021-2024

Finance: Commercial Lending: Advice to Lenders

Legal 500 US 2021

Individual recommended for M&A / Corporate and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts

Legal 500 US 2021, 2023

Private Equity Practice Group of the Year

Law360 2021

One of Americas Top 50 Rising Dealmakers

Global M&A Network 2019