Dechert LLP is advising B&G Foods, Inc. in its definitive agreement to acquire Back to Nature Foods Company, LLC, a leader in the better-for-you snack foods category, from Brynwood Partners VI L.P., Mondelēz International and certain other entities and individuals for approximately $162.5 million in cash, subject to customary closing and post-closing working capital adjustments. The acquisition is expected to close during the third quarter of 2017, subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals.
The Dechert team advising B&G Foods was led by partner Stephen Leitzell, alongside partner Sarah Gelb and associates Michael Darby and Nicole Holden (corporate) and included partner Edward Lemanowicz and associate Kenneth Wang (tax); partner David Jones and associates Sarah Burke and Michael Binko (employee benefits); counsel Ian Downes and associate Rhiannon DiClemente (labor); special counsel Francois Quintard-Morenas (real estate); and partner James Fishkin and associates Beverly Ang and Sam Stelk (antitrust).
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