A team from the Paris office of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has advised long-time client Pernod Ricard in the successful closing of a €850 million Eurobond offering of 2% notes due June 2020.

Placement was made across a range of qualified investors, principally in Germany, France and the UK. BBVA, Citi, CM-CIC, Crédit Agricole CIB, HSBC, Natixis and Rabobank were the joint bookrunners of the bond issue.

The bonds are admitted to trading on the regulated market of NYSE Euronext in Paris.

The Debevoise team advising Pernod Ricard was led by Paris based partner Pierre Clermontel, and also included international counsels Philippe Tengelmann and Eric Bérengier (tax), and associate Charles-Philippe Letellier.