2020 M&A Annual Review

Morrison & Foerster represented FoodChain ID and Paine Schwartz Partners, a global leader in sustainable food chain investing, in connection with the sale of FoodChain ID, a market-leading platform dedicated to providing a holistic suite of technology-enabled food safety, quality, and sustainability solutions, to private equity firm Berkshire Partners. Marking its flagship investment in the fast-growing food safety space, Paine Schwartz Partners initially invested in FoodChain ID in September 2016. FoodChain ID now boasts a proprietary database that includes more than 100,000 mapped products and ingredients across the value chain, more than 100,000 regulatory references across 218 countries, and 2.5 million pages of daily global regulatory notifications, scientific opinions, and product recalls in 40 languages. Morrison & Foerster is recognized for Agribusiness. Chambers Global 2020 Morrison & Foerster is recognized for M&A in New York. IFLR1000 2021 PAINE SCHWARTZ