On October 21, the Firm hosted a seminar and simultaneous podcast recording of an interview by J. Michael Fischer of DBD Investment Bank and Bryan J. Hall, Carter Ledyard’s Chair of the M&A Practice and Co-Chair of the Latin America Cross-Border Practice, with esteemed Firm client Eduardo “Lalo” González (grandson of Don Julio González), co-founder of LALO Tequila.
Co-hosted by Sapling Investments Head of Partnerships, Billy Snider, and attended by more than 40 business leaders, investors and entrepreneurs, the group heard from Lalo directly about he turned a family legacy and a single idea into a fast-growing premium brand, which recently merged with Tito’s Handmade Vodka (Fifth Generation, Inc.). Together, Michael, Bryan, and Lalo discussed his story as a live case study in what it really takes to build and sell a company, and how the decisions founders and their advisors make along the way shape the deal and its outcome.
