{"id":34052,"date":"2025-05-12T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/?post_type=deals-cases&#038;p=34052"},"modified":"2025-09-05T23:18:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T03:18:11","slug":"miller-thomson-counsels-serge-boulanger-in-the-strategic-acquisition-of-alipro-mistral-ingredients-inc","status":"publish","type":"deals-cases","link":"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/deals-cases\/miller-thomson-counsels-serge-boulanger-in-the-strategic-acquisition-of-alipro-mistral-ingredients-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Miller Thomson counsels Serge Boulanger in the strategic acquisition of Alipro-Mistral Ingr\u00e9dients Inc."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On May&nbsp;12, 2025, Serge Boulanger, a renowned corporate director from the agri-food industry, announced his acquisition of Alipro-Mistral Ingr\u00e9dients Inc. (\u201cAlipro\u201d) and Gestion Immobili\u00e8re Plasse Inc. (\u201cGIP\u201d). This large-scale transaction marks an important, strategic milestone for Mr. Boulanger in his plan to expand within the Canadian agri-food industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Miller Thomson team served as legal and business advisors for Mr. Boulanger, working in close collaboration with Investissement Qu\u00e9bec and the Royal Bank of Canada, who provided the financing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 1997 by the Plasse family, Alipro is a leading developer, manufacturer, and wholesaler of high-end food ingredients, including fillings, icing, fondants, glazes, and jellies for various food industry purposes. The Alipro production plant is held by Gestion Immobili\u00e8re Plasse Inc. (\u201cGIP\u201d) who tends to the infrastructure and stability of operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller Thomson advised Serge Boulanger in this acquisition with a team led by Philippe St-Louis, Maxime Rh\u00e9aume, and Karel Mahy-Rousseau and comprised of Andrea Kabbash, Nadim Elkommos, Emmanuelle Lalibert\u00e9, Alexandre Ajami, Philippe Larochelle and Chantal Joubert. Together, they championed Miller Thomson\u2019s signature business law and M&amp;A expertise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"template":"","class_list":["post-34052","deals-cases","type-deals-cases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Miller Thomson counsels Serge Boulanger in the strategic acquisition of Alipro-Mistral Ingr\u00e9dients Inc. | Miller Thomson<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.millerthomson.com\/en\/deals-cases\/miller-thomson-counsels-serge-boulanger-in-the-strategic-acquisition-of-alipro-mistral-ingredients-inc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Miller Thomson counsels Serge Boulanger in the strategic acquisition of Alipro-Mistral Ingr\u00e9dients Inc. | Miller Thomson\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On May&nbsp;12, 2025, Serge Boulanger, a renowned corporate director from the agri-food industry, announced his acquisition of Alipro-Mistral Ingr\u00e9dients Inc. 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