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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.

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Darío Avram is 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. His representative funds clients include Alpine Investors, Altamont Capital Partners, Excellere Partners, Gryphon Investors, Main Post Partners, Palladium Equity Partners, Rubicon Technology Partners, San Francisco Equity Partners, Shamrock Capital Advisors, SkyKnight Capital, and Vector Capital.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.

Dario Avram

Chair of Finance Group

Eric Min is a partner in the Finance and Private Equity Buyouts & Investment Groups at Morrison Foerster.Eric regularly advises private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies and fintech companies in a variety of complex U.S. and cross-border financing transactions, including leveraged acquisitions, syndicated lending, investment grade lending, asset-based lending, and warehouse facilities. Eric has substantial experience representing clients in transactions covering a wide variety of industries, including technology, fintech, consumer and retail and professional services.

Eric Min

Partner

Jake Burne is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Finance Group. He represents both borrowers and lenders on a broad range of domestic and cross-border transactions, including acquisition financings and leveraged buyouts, senior syndicated facilities, fund financings and other secured and unsecured financings.

Jake Burne

Garret is a finance associate in Morrison Foerster’s San Francisco office.Prior to joining the firm, Garret was a Summer Associate in the San Francisco office.Garret earned his J.D. from the University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, where he was a Corporate Student Associate at the Startup Legal Garage. He also holds an M.B.A., magna cum laude, from Oklahoma State University, and a B.S. from Missouri Southern State University.Garret previously served as a Logistics Project Manager with the United States Army and also spent time as a Senior Logistics Customs and Compliance Officer with the United States Army Reserve.Garret also played professional soccer with FC Diessfuert in the German Bundesliga.

Garret Jones

Associate

Ryan George is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s San Francisco office and a member of the firm’s Transactions Department.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Ryan was a research assistant at the UCLA School of Law, assisting faculty members Eugene Volokh and Jill Horwitz with research ranging from COVID tort replacement to First Amendment law. As a summer associate at Morrison Foerster, he worked on various deals in the Corporate and Finance practices and created internal precedent documents to streamline future deals.Ryan earned his J.D. with a specialization in business law at the UCLA School of Law and earned his B.A. in economics and philosophy from Brown University.

Ryan George

David Sturgeon is a partner in Morrison Foerster’s Federal Tax practice.Dave advises clients on a broad range of complex business transactions, including domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs and other divestitures, as well as financings, refinancings, restructurings and other business transactions.He earned his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the Chicago Journal of International Law, and received his Master of Laws in taxation from New York University School of Law.Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Dave was an associate at a law firm in New York, where he represented public companies, financial institutions, private equity clients and other sponsor entities across industries in an extensive range of business transactions.

Dave Sturgeon

Seth Stowe is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s New York office and a member of the firm’s Tax Group.Seth advises clients on a broad range of transactional, structuring, and advisory tax matters, including U.S. federal income tax considerations related to joint ventures, debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, financings, and real estate investment trusts. Before joining Morrison Foerster, Seth served as a law clerk to the Honorable Stacey W. Moreau, 22nd Judicial Circuit of Virginia, where he drafted legal memoranda analyzing a variety of civil and criminal issues.Seth received his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he also served as a production editor for the Virginia Tax Review. Seth received his B.A. in history with a minor in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia.

Seth Stowe

Josh Lerner is a partner in the Executive Compensation + Benefits Group based in the New York office of Morrison Foerster.Josh advises clients on all matters involving the compensation of senior executives, including employment, change in control, equity compensation, and severance arrangements.He counsels public and private companies on executive compensation issues in a range of corporate transactions, restructurings, and financings. He has experience designing, drafting, and negotiating employment agreements and administering equity incentive plans and awards. He also works regularly with public companies on compensation-related disclosures and corporate governance matters, including Securities Exchange Act of 1934 reports. Josh earned his J.D. from Columbia Law School where he was a senior articles editor of the Columbia Business Law Review.<h4>Representative Matters</h4><ul><li>Snow Software, a technology intelligence platform, on its acquisition by Flexera Software, a data-oriented SaaS solution company.</li><li>U.S. Silica Holdings, a global industrial minerals and logistics leader, in its $1.85 billion sale to entities affiliated with Apollo Global Management.</li><li>Rivian Automotive in the formation of an equally controlled and owned joint venture with Volkswagen Group to create next generation software-defined vehicle (SDV) platforms to be used in both companies’ future electric vehicles.</li><li>Palladium Equity Partners, in the $695 million sale of its majority interest in Trachte, a leading provider of highly engineered protection and control buildings with mission critical applications, to nVent Electric plc, a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions.</li><li>The rock band KISS and its co-founders Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley in the sale of substantially all rights related to KISS to Pophouse Entertainment.</li><li>McGrath RentCorp, leading provider of temporary and permanent space solutions, in its $3.8 billion acquisition by WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp., a leader in innovative temporary space solutions.</li><li>Astellas Pharma in its acquisition of Propella Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company that combines medicinal chemistry with lymphatic targeting to create new oncology drugs.</li><li>SoftBank in connection with its $375 million acquisition of Berkshire Grey, a robotic automation company that went public via a SPAC merger in 2021.</li></ul><ul><li>Grant Thornton, one of America’s largest audit, tax, and advisory firms, in the sale of its Public Sector Advisory practice to Guidehouse, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital and leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets.</li><li>MTY Food Group, a leading franchisor in the North American restaurant industry, in its $200 million acquisition of BBQ Holdings, a franchisor and operator of fast casual dining.</li><li>Odevo AB, a Swedish company and a portfolio company of private equity client Fidelio Capital, in connection with its acquisition of KW Property Management & Consulting, LLC, a Florida-based company that provides property management services to homeowner associations, condominium boards, cooperative boards and townhome communities. </li><li>Tinicum and its portfolio company TSL Engineered Products in the sale of Advantek, a leading provider of highly engineered carrier tape and associated protective packaging products, to Cornell Capital.</li></ul>

Joshua Lerner

Marc-Alain’s practice focuses on advising and counseling domestic and foreign financial institutions on a variety of bank regulatory, Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML), countering the financing of terrorism (CFT), and transactional matters. Marc-Alain has significant experience representing global financial institutions in criminal and regulatory investigations and enforcement actions as well as addressing weaknesses and shortcomings in their BSA/AML compliance frameworks. He also advises clients on all AML-related issues in connection with ESG, M&A, strategic investments and private equity funds, embedded finance, blockchain and digital assets, and other corporate transactions. Marc-Alain is adept at assisting clients to build ground up BSA/AML policies and procedures, and he works closely with banks and fintechs to navigate BSA/AML considerations related to Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and other partnership arrangements.Further, Marc-Alain has significant experience in advising and counseling U.S. and international bank holding companies, banks, and other financial institutions on a variety of bank regulatory and transactional matters, including matters relating to:<ul><li>The Bank Holding Company Act</li><li>Regulation K and Y</li><li>The Bank Merger Act</li><li>The Dodd–Frank Act (with regard to the Volcker Rule, Living Wills, and Enhanced Prudential Standards, among others)</li><li>Applications to federal and state banking regulators for expansion of activities</li><li>Internal restructuring</li><li>New products, sales, and acquisitions of U.S. banks</li></ul>Prior to joining Morrison Foerster, Marc-Alain was an associate with two prominent global United States law firms, and he practiced law in Switzerland for several years.Marc-Alain is a member of the board of the Swiss American Lawyers Association of Greater New York (SALA). He is fluent in German, English, French, and Spanish and has a basic knowledge of Italian. He is admitted to practice in New York and Switzerland.

Marc-Alain Galeazzi

Malika Moore is an associate in Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office and member of the Financial Services Group.Malika advises financial institutions, Fintechs, and blockchain-based technology companies on a wide range of financial regulatory issues, including those arising under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and the Electronic Fund Transfer Act. She has particular experience advising on BSA/AML, KYC compliance, consumer bank account and credit product disclosures, federally insured deposit marketing, and other consumer financial services and third-party risk management matters that arise in financial infrastructure and Banking as a Service (BaaS) relationships. Her transactional experience includes structuring and negotiating payment processor and Fintech partnership agreements.Malika holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, where she participated in the Transactional Law Clinic. She obtained a B.S. from University of Maryland in both finance and marketing. Prior to joining the firm, Malika was a financial services and Fintech associate at another prominent law firm.