Ali Group announced on March 12, 2026 it acquired Bunn Commercial LP (BUNN®), formerly known as Bunn-O-Matic Corporation, a global dispensed beverage equipment manufacturer. 

Founded in 1963, the Ali Group is a global corporation headquartered in Chicago, with its European corporate office located in Milan, Italy. Through its subsidiaries, the company designs, manufactures, markets and services a broad line of commercial and institutional foodservice equipment used by major restaurant and hotel chains, independent restaurants, hospitals, schools, airports, correctional institutions and canteens.

McCarthy Tétrault assisted Ali Group North America Corporation with a team led by Heidi Gordon, Victoria de Luna and Pegah Mortazavian that included Michael Caldecott, Vivian Ng (Competition), Marco Fimiani, Tish Lewis (Labour and Employment), Kelleher Lynch, Julia Miller (Pensions), Anthony Salandra, Josiah Schaafsma (Real Property and Planning), Mike Dolson, Kate Neil (Tax), Gajan Sathananthan, Oksana Migitko, Conrad Lee (Trade), Una Radoja (Litigation), Gwenyth Wren (Environmental) and Vincent Yip (Intellectual Property).

Bailey & Company acted as financial advisor to the Ali Group. Alston & Bird LLP acted as legal advisor to the Ali Group. PwC served as financial due diligence advisor to the Ali Group. William Blair & Company, L.L.C. acted as the exclusive financial advisor to BUNN. ArentFox Schiff LLP acted as legal advisor to BUNN. Grant Thornton served as financial due diligence advisor to BUNN. Forvis Mazars, LLP assisted BUNN on tax matters.