Pernod Ricard instructs White & Case in mezcal investment

White & Case has advised Pernod Ricard, the world’s second largest wines and spirits producer, on its investment in Mezcal Ojo de Tigre, a Mexican entity dedicated to the manufacturing, distribution and sale of the ‘Ojo de Tigre’ mezcal brand, and a subsidiary of Casa Lumbre.

This transaction marks Pernod Ricard’s second partnership with Casa Lumbre in recent months.

The White & Case team which advised on the transaction was led by partners Saam Golshani and Guillaume Vitrich (both Paris) and included partner Alvaro Garza-Galvan (pictured) and local partner Guillermo Aguayo-Garza (both Mexico City), partner Arlene Arin Hahn (New York), counsel Pedro Morales (Mexico City) and Claudia A. Smith (New York), and associates Alexandre Balat (Paris) and Eduardo Diego-Fernandez Forseck and Juan-Ignacio Lopez-Dominguez (both Mexico City).