Acquisition of full ownership of Patrón by Bacardi
Loyens & Loeff advised Bacardi on the acquisition of the full ownership of Patrón Spirits.
Loyens & Loeff advised Bacardi Limited on its acquisition of the full ownership of Patrón Spirits International AG from John Paul DeJoria, a founder of Patrón. Patrón Spirits International AG holds the brand PATRÓN®, the world’s top-selling ultra-premium tequila. The transaction represents an enterprise value of USD 5.1 billion and follows a long and successful relationship between the parties starting with the acquisition of an initial minority stake in 2008.
The Loyens & Loeff team advising Bacardi Limited on this matter was led by partner Margriet Lukkien (Tax, the Netherlands) together with partner Marco Toni (Corporate / M&A, Switzerland) and Beat Baumgartner (Tax, Switzerland). The team included Fabian Sutter (Tax Switzerland), Aurélien Pasquier (Corporate / M&A, Switzerland), Jana Bieli (Corporate / M&A, Switzerland), Livia Geissmann (Corporate / M&A, Switzerland), Carsten Otto (Tax, Switzerland) and Ruben van der Wilt (Tax, the Netherlands).
Marco Toni
Partner Attorney at lawMarco Toni, attorney at law, is a partner in our Zurich office. He focuses on domestic and international M&A transactions, private equity, corporate governance and general corporate, stock exchange and capital markets laws.
T: +41 43 434 67 15 M: +41 79 557 62 15 E: marco.toni@loyensloeff.com
