McDermott Represents Peak Rock Capital in its Sale of Louisiana Fish Fry Products, Inc.

International law firm McDermott Will & Emery represented an affiliate of Peak Rock Capital (Peak Rock), a leading middle-market private investment firm, in its sale of Louisiana Fish Fry Products, Inc. (LFF) to MidOcean Partners (MidOcean). LFF is a leading Louisiana-inspired flavors and seasonings platform offering products to retail and foodservice customers nationwide. MidOcean is a premier New York-based alternative asset manager specializing in middle-market private equity and alternative credit investments.

• This transaction was announced on August 2, 2021.

• McDermott Will & Emery acted as legal counsel to Peak Rock.

• Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC acted as the financial advisor to Peak Rock.

• LFF was acquired by Peak Rock in 2018, and has since invested in the development and scale of its organization, opening new distribution facilities and increasing its employee base by more than 75%. McDermott Will & Emery also represented an affiliate of Peak Rock in this transaction.

• Read Peak Rock’s press release here.

• The McDermott team was led by Brooks Gruemmer and included William Hutchens and Bernardo Vaz.

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