An affiliate of Balmoral Funds LLC (“Balmoral”) has acquired Wilbur-Ellis Nutrition, LLC, a leading provider of custom nutrition products in Pet, Aquaculture and Livestock markets, from Wilbur-Ellis Holdings II, LLC. Going forward, Nutrition will operate under the name Rangen, a historic brand that many of its customers are already familiar with.

The transaction covers the full Nutrition business of Wilbur-Ellis, including the Rangen, Ametza, Emmert, Oxy-Gon, Oxy-Gold, and Oxy-Block product lines, as well as proprietary premixes, ingredient blends, sourcing services, and all related sales, customer service, and production processes.

Miller Thomson and Blank Rome LLP acted as legal counsel to Balmoral. Wilbur-Ellis was advised by Lazard as financial advisor and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP as legal counsel.

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).