BPV Braun Partners, working with Kellerhals Carrard, has advised Maestrani Schweizer Schokoladen on its acquisition of Belgian praline producer Delafaille, including its Czech subsidiary Ostrapack. Krutak & Partners reportedly advised the sellers. Van Bael & Bellis reportedly advised Maestrani Schweizer Schokoladen as well.
Maestrani Schweizer Schokoladen is a Switzerland-based chocolate manufacturer.
According to BPV Braun Partners, Ostrapack, an IFS Food-certified facility, specializes in chocolate co-packing services and operates across a 12,000-square-meter site, including 5,000 square meters with temperature-controlled conditions. With a workforce that scales up to 300 during peak season, the Czech entity represents a strategic packaging hub in the Delafaille group.
The BPV Braun Partners team included Managing Partner Arthur Braun, Senior Associates Marketa Kleinova and Ivana Horakova, and Associate Sabina Skrobankova.