Morrison Foerster advised Altamont Capital Partners (“Altamont”), a private investment firm based in the San Francisco Bay Area with more than $4.0 billion of assets under management, on its investment in Key Container Corporation ("Key Container"), a leading corrugated box manufacturer in New England. Altamont's investment, combined with their deep knowledge across industrials and packaging, will help Key Container's management team build a scaled corrugated platform.
Founded in 1959, Key Container is based in Rhode Island and provides corrugated packaging products and services to companies in New England and across the country.
Founded in 2010, Altamont is a private equity firm focused on transforming and scaling lower-middle market companies through significant business-building and value-creation resources. Altamont makes long-term, control investments in sectors where we have deep experience and specialized knowledge, and partners with management teams to execute proven and repeatable platform-building playbooks. Since inception, Altamont has invested in over 45 companies operating across the Industrials, Business Services and Financial Services sectors.
The MoFo team advising Altamont was led by private equity finance partners Dario Avram, Eric Min and Jake Burne and finance associates Garret Jones and Ryan George. Also providing invaluable assistance were tax partner David Sturgeon and associate Seth Stowe, executive compensation + benefits partner Joshua Lerner and financial services partner Marc-Alain Galeazzi and associate Malika Moore.
