In July 2023, Antoine Casimir and Andrea Borodenko acquired Production Lareault Inc. from founders Luc and Lyne Lareault. The Fonds de solidarité FTQ, Desjardins Group and FCC provided financing in connection with this transaction.

Production Lareault, based in Lavaltrie, Québec, is Canada’s largest berry and small fruit plant producer, and has been in operation for 70 years. 
 
Gowling WLG advised Antoine Casimir and Andrea Borodenko in this transaction with a team that included Rafal Wrzesien, Georgi Paskalev, James-C. Tremblay and Angelique Merakos (corporate) and Marco Rodrigues and Julie Djiezion (financing).