Pinheiro Guimarães counsels CSN Cimentos on acquisition of LafargeHolcim

Pinheiro Guimarães Advogados advised CSN Cimentos S.A on acquisition of Lafarge Holcim in Brazil for an enterprise value of USD1.025 billion

Pinheiro Guimarães acted as Brazilian counsel to CSN Cimentos S.A. in the acquisition of Lafarge Holcim (Brazil) S.A.; this acquisition includes Holcim’s five integrated cement plants, four grinding stations, six aggregates sites and 19 ready-mix concrete facilities in Brazil.

The acquisition of LafargeHolcim Brasil will add capacity of 10.3 million of tons of cement per year to CSN Cimentos and is expected to create operational, management, commercial and logistics synergies to CSN Cimentos, allowing for the improvement of the product mix and expansion of its client base. Upon closing, CSN Cimentos will have a total capacity of 16.3 MTPA and an enhanced presence in the Brazilian market.

Closing of the transaction for an enterprise value of USD1.025 billion is subject to certain condition precedent, including the approval by Brazilian antitrust authorities.

Pinheiro Guimarães advised CSN Cimentos with a team led by partners Rodrigo Marcilio, Francisco José Pinheiro Guimarães, Ana Carolina Cassins Galdino and Carolina Cardoso Ramalho (in the image from left to right) and associate Thaise Flores.

White and Case advised CSN Cimentos with a team led by partners Don Baker, Richard Jones and Will Smith, and associate Elena Riggiu.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised LafargeHolcim with a team led by partner Alan Mason and associate Rikin Morjaria.