Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Kelso & Company in its acquisition of Ferraro Foods, a portfolio company of Kainos Capital, a food and consumer-focused private equity firm. For more information, please see the company’s press release.

Ferraro Foods is a specialty foodservice distributor delivering quality food and supplies, primarily to the Italian restaurant and pizzeria segment in the Eastern U.S.

The Debevoise team is led by M&A partners Sue Meng and Michael Diz and includes associates Katherine Durnan, James Lawrence Harrington and Caitlin Joseph, FDA regulatory partner Paul Rubin and associate Melissa Runsten, finance partner Scott Selinger and associates Wes Moore and Basya Robinson, benefits counsel Michael Snypes Jr. and associate Andrea Acosta, tax partner Michael Bolotin, counsel Samuel Duncan and associate Jay Evans, intellectual property partner Henry Lebowitz and associate Benjamin Sundholm, environmental counsel Stuart Hammer and antitrust counsel Kyra Bromley.