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Lafarge/Holcim merger

20/3/2015
Merger
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€ 40 billion

$ 42.73 billion

Completed

20/3/2015

Overview:

  • Lafarge, a French cement and construction company, and Holcim, a Swiss cement and construction company, have combined to form LafargeHolcim in a €40 billion merger. 
  • In March 2015, Holcim rejected the merger but eventually agreed after the companies revised the terms.  
  • The companies sold assets in 11 countries to complete this merger. This included the sale of certain assets in Western Europe, Canada,  Brazil and the Philippines to CRH for €6.5 billion.  

Rani Mehta - Journalist 

Jurisdictions:

Brazil
France
Switzerland

Deal type:

Merger

Practice area:

M&A

Industry sector:

Construction and materials

Firms:
Bredin Prat

Party: Groupe Bruxelles Lambert (Shareholder)

Lawyer: Patrick Dziewolski

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

Party: Lafarge (Merger party)

Lawyer: Pierre-Yves Chabert

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Party: Holcim (Merger party)

Homburger

Party: Holcim (Merger party)

Lawyers: Claude Lambert, Daniel Daeniker, David Oser

Lenz & Staehelin

Party: Schweizerische Cement-Industrie-Aktiengesellschaf (Merger party)

Lawyer: Rudolf Tschäni

Linklaters

Party: Holcim (Merger party)

Lawyer: Fabrice de La Morandière

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