Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition acquired by private equity affiliate

Counsel to an affiliate of Balmoral Funds with respect to the Canadian law aspects of its acquisition and financing of Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition

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On August 26, 2025, a Miller Thomson team represented an affiliate of Balmoral Funds, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm founded in 2005, on Canadian law aspects of its acquisition of Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, LLC (the “Company”), a leading provider of animal nutrition products and services for pet, aquaculture, and livestock industries, serving as a critical supplier across the value chain. Miller Thomson also represented Balmoral in connection with the financing for the transaction. The Company will operate under the name Rangen, a historic brand that many of its customers are already familiar with.

Founded in 1921, the Wilbur-Ellis companies serve customers in the North American agriculture and food system as leading marketers, distributors and manufacturers of agricultural products and animal nutrients.

Rangen serves as a critical supplier across the pet, aquaculture and livestock value chain, providing high-performing antioxidants and proprietary functional ingredients, as well as services that include ingredient sourcing, materials handling and custom-made ingredient blends to customers worldwide. Headquartered in Buhl, Rangen operates 13 facilities across the U.S. and Canada.

Miller Thomson lawyers involved with this transaction include Jay Hoffman, Kirk Emery, Madison Derraugh, and Eugene Yeung (Corporate), Stefan Mirkovic, Shaun Parekh, and Safa Bajwa (Financial Services), Tyson Wagner and Rachel Day (Real Estate), Tamara Farber (Environmental), Karen Durell and David Bailey (Intellectual Property), Barry Horne, and Kathryn Walker (Tax), Devin Persaud (Competition and Foreign Investment), Louis Amato-Gauci (Global Trade and Customs), Jaclyne Reive (Regulatory), David Krebs (Privacy and Data Security), and John Batzel and Teri Treiber (Labour and Employment).