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Morrison Foerster advised Paine Schwartz Partners, a global leader in sustainable food chain investing, in its investment in Chex...

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Morrison Foerster advised Paine Schwartz Partners, a global leader in sustainable food chain investing, in its investment in Chex Finer Foods, a value-added specialty food distributor. The MoFo team advising Paine Schwartz was led by New York private equity partners Omar Pringle and Mitchell Presser, alongside associates Astrid Menendez-Muharram and Ludovica Gardani-Menendez. Read the <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/paine-schwartz-makes-strategic-investment-in-chex-finer-foods-a-value-added-specialty-food-distributor-302481963.html" target="_blank">client press release</a>.

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Global Co-Chair of the Private Equity Practice, Omar Pringle is a seasoned dealmaker and trusted advisor known for guiding clients through their most complex, high-stakes transactions with precision and insight.Omar has extensive experience advising on the full range of complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions for and across from financial sponsors, corporates and family-owned businesses. He couples a creative, solution-oriented approach with deep sector expertise.In addition to his knowledge of the private equity industry, Omar has extensive experience in the food and agriculture, consumer goods, technology and life sciences sectors, and acting for and across from the businesses that are driving and disrupting those verticals.Commended by Legal 500 US 2022-2025 as a Next Generation Partner for Corporate / M&A and Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, he has played a critical role in the growth of the firm’s private equity offering in New York.Omar is an adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, where he teaches a course on cross-border mergers and acquisitions. He is also a member of the firm’s global Food & Agriculture and Life Sciences steering committees.﻿He speaks fluent French and Spanish and is conversant in Arabic.

Omar Pringle

Global Co-Chair of Private Equity Practice

Mitchell Presser advises on high-profile global public and private mergers and acquisitions, with a heavy concentration on private equity transactions. As the co-chair of the firm’s Band I global Food + Agriculture Industry practice, and member of the firm’s global ESG + Sustainability steering committee, as well as the Private Equity and M&A groups, Mitchell utilizes his vast experience in high-stakes M&A and private equity deals to drive successful outcomes for clients in diverse sectors, including food production, agribusiness, financial services, industrials, insurance, sports and entertainment, energy, retail, and more.As a founding partner of Paine Schwartz Partners, a premier U.S. private equity firm dedicated to sustainable food chain investing, Mitchell’s unique insights are shaped by over eight years as an investor. Mitchell proficiently understands both the legal and business environments, positioning him as a trusted advisor for clients navigating the intricate world of mergers, acquisitions, and private equity transactions.Mitchell has been recognized as a top lawyer by Chambers USA and Legal 500 US. Mitchell is a faculty member and lecturer of law at Harvard Law School and Columbia Law School, where he teaches a class focused on international business sales and negotiations. He has served as board member for various privately-held and public companies.

Mitchell Presser

Partner

Astrid Menendez-Muharram is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice. She advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, and general corporate governance in the United States and Latin America.Astrid regularly assists corporations and venture capital funds in a variety of transactional matters including financings, strategic investments, mergers and acquisitions, and cross-border licensing and technology transactions. She is also active in the firm’s pro bono program, including through volunteering at a variety of immigration clinics and criminal record clearing clinics.  She speaks fluent Spanish.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Aurotech, a provider of digital services and business solutions for U.S. federal healthcare and adjacent civilian agencies, in connection with its acquisition by OpenGate Capital, a global private equity firm.</li><li>Autodesk in its acquisition of CAMplete, a developer of simulation and other software for machine tooling machinery.</li><li>Banco Inter S.A., a publicly traded Brazilian digital bank and its affiliates, in connection with its $157 million acquisition of Pronto Money Transfer Inc. (also known as “Usend”), a fintech company established in the United States and with subsidiaries in Brazil, Canada, and the United Kingdom.</li><li>Definitive Logic in connection with its acquisition, and related acquisition financing, of Digital Mobilizations, a digital transformation firm with market leading capabilities for enterprise-level digital transformation initiatives at the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community.</li><li>Divvy, a leader in spend management, in its sale to Bill.com (NYSE: BILL), a provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates complex back-office financial operations for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). The stock and cash transaction was valued at approximately $2.5 billion.</li><li>Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLPN), a leading independent entertainment marketing and premium content development company, in its acquisition of Shore Fire Media, Ltd., a public relations and media management firm based in Brooklyn, New York that specializes in music, entertainment and popular culture.</li><li>DPR Construction in connection with its acquisition of GE Johnson, a general contractor headquartered in Colorado Springs with projects in the healthcare, education, multi-family/hospitality, advanced technology, commercial office, public/Federal, and cultural markets.</li><li>onsemi (NYSE: ON), a leading supplier of intelligent power and sensing technologies, in connection with its acquisition of GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT), a producer of silicon carbide (SiC), for $415 million in cash. </li><li>Shinagawa Refractories in connection with its acquisition of Saint-Gobain’s ceramic businesses mainly used in the traditional iron and steel industry, including Vinhedo in Brazil and Latrobe in the U.S.</li><li>SoftBank Latin America Fund in connection with its investment in the $200 million Series C funding round in Addi, a fintech startup based in Bogota, Colombia that offers buy-now-pay-later technology.</li><li>SoftBank Latin America Fund, Riverwood Capital, Igah Ventures, and Volpe Capital in connection with their investments in CRM&BONUS’s R$280 million financing round. CRM&BONUS is a Brazilian-based platform that allows real-time control of giftback delivery to consumers.</li><li>SoftBank in its investment in the Series B financing of Buser, Ltd., an intercity bus charter online booking service in Brazil.</li><li>SoftBank in connection with a Series D investment round totaling $250 million in QuintoAndar, a Sao Paulo-based real estate leasing platform that is changing the long-term rental marketplace in Brazil.</li><li>SoftBank in the Series B $108 million financing round in Brazilian IDTech pioneer in ID protection solutions, Acesso Digital. General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, also invested in the round.</li><li>SoftBank as lead investor in the $83 million Series E financing of Brazilian test-prep startup Descomplica.</li><li>Uber Technologies, Inc. on its acquisition of a majority stake in Cornershop, a grocery delivery start-up that is active in Chile, Mexico, Peru and Canada, to expand its food delivery business.</li><li>Uber Technologies, Inc. in its $1.4 billion acquisition of the remaining 47% stake in Chilean grocery delivery company Cornershop Inc., which followed the company's acquisition of a majority stake.</li><li>Unity Technologies, Inc., the world’s leading platform for developing interactive, real-time 3D (RT3D) content, in its acquisition of Codice Software S.L., a Spain-based developer of version control technology designed to handle source code and all related assets in software projects.</li></ul>

Astrid Menendez-Muharram

Associate

Ludovica Gardani is an associate in the firm’s Corporate Practice. She advises clients in the United States and Latin America on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities and capital market transactions, and public and private offerings.Ludovica works with public and private companies on strategic investments, financings, and cross-border licensing in a wide range of industries, including technology, retail, infrastructure, and fintech. She also represents companies in connection with a wide range of securities matters such as public and private offerings, SEC reporting obligations, and offerings pursuant to Rule 144A and Regulation S.Ludovica graduated from University of Miami School of Law where she was Executive Editor of the Business Law Review.<h4>Representative Experience</h4><ul><li>Represented Petlove&Co. in connection with its financing round with existing major investors, Tarpon, SoftBank, L Catterton, Porto Seguro and Monashees, and a new initial investment by Riverwood Capital. This is the largest financing round in Petlove&Co’s history.</li><li>Represented SoftBank Latin America Fund in connection with a Series C funding round in Addi, a fintech startup based in Bogota, Colombia that offers buy-now-pay-later technology.</li><li>Represented Inchcape, the leading global independent multi-brand automotive distributor and retailer, in its cash-free and debt-free £47 million acquisition of Autolider, a distributor of Daimler brands in both Uruguay and Ecuador.</li></ul>

Ludovica Gardani é associada da área empresarial. Ela assessora clientes nos Estados Unidos e na América Latina em fusões e aquisições, joint ventures, transações de valores mobiliários e de mercado de capitais e ofertas públicas e privadas.Ludovica trabalha com empresas públicas e privadas em investimentos estratégicos, financiamentos e licenciamentos cross-borders em uma ampla gama de indústrias, incluindo tecnologia, varejo, infraestrutura e tecnologia financeira. Ela também representa empresas em relação a uma ampla gama de questões sobre valores mobiliários, como ofertas públicas e privadas, obrigações de reporte da U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) e ofertas de acordo com a Regra 144A e o Regulamento S.Ludovica se formou na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Miami, onde foi editora executiva da Business Law Review.<h4>Experiência Representativa</h4><ul><li>Representou a Inchcape, líder global independente na distribuição e varejo de carros multimarcas, na aquisição, por £ 47 milhões, da Autolider, distribuidora das marcas da Daimler no Uruguai e no Equador.</li></ul>

Ludovica Gardani es asociada en el Departamento Corporativo de la firma. Asesora a clientes en los Estados Unidos y América Latina sobre fusiones y adquisiciones, empresas conjuntas (joint ventures), transacciones de valores y mercado de capitales, y ofertas públicas y privadas.Ludovica trabaja con empresas públicas y privadas en inversiones estratégicas, financiamientos y licencias transfronterizas en una amplia gama de industrias, que incluyen tecnología, comercio minorista, infraestructura y tecnología financiera. También representa a empresas en relación con una amplia gama de asuntos de valores, tales como ofertas públicas y privadas, obligaciones de informes de la SEC y ofertas de conformidad con la Regla 144A y el Reglamento S.Ludovica se graduó de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Miami, donde fue Editora Ejecutiva del Business Law Review.<h4>Experiencia Representativa</h4><ul><li>Representó a Inchcape, el distribuidor y comerciante automotriz independiente líder a nivel mundial, en su adquisición de Autolider, un distribuidor de las marcas Daimler en Uruguay y Ecuador por £ 47 millones.</li></ul>