De Pardieu Brocas Maffei has advised Haudecoeur Group, backed by Ergon Capital Partners and the founding Haudecoeur family, on the acquisition of Palais Impérial, the French leader in green tea.
Palais Impérial is the first acquisition since Ergon became Haudecoeur’s reference shareholder a year ago, and is the first acquisition since Haudecoeur’s inception in 1932.
Haudecoeur, a family business founded in 1932, is the leading player in the importation, production and distribution of food dedicated to customers of Maghrebi, Asian, African, Antillean origins… The Group selects, transforms and/or produces in around sixty countries the best types of rice, dried fruits and vegetables, spices, cereals, sauces, brick pastry sheets, candy, etc. These products are then distributed through specialized retailers and supermarkets.