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Linklaters advises Holcim on the acquisition of Fermacell
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Simone Fuhrherr
PR & Communications Manager
+49 172 6235128
simone.fuhrherr@linklaters.com
Linklaters advises Holcim in connection with the agreement to acquire Fermacell, a European provider of sustainable walling, flooring and fire protection, from James Hardie Industries plc. Headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, the Fermacell business has more than 1,000 employees and is present in 13 European markets with six production sites.
The transaction value is €840m, and the transaction remains subject to customary conditions and regulatory clearances and is expected to close in the first half of 2027.
The international and cross-practice Linklaters team is led by Marco G. Carbonare (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Mariken van Esch (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam), Martina Farkas (Partner, Corporate/M&A, Munich), Tom Reker (Managing Associate, Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam) and Dominik Wegener (Counsel, Corporate M&A, Hamburg/Munich). The core team also includes Christoph Barth (Partner, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Oliver Rosenberg (Partner, Tax, Düsseldorf), Sinziana Ianc (Counsel, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Joris Knoll (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam) and Gallus Vögel (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt).
Further team members include Matthew Devey (Partner, Employment, Frankfurt), Atif Wolfgang Bhatti (Partner, Intellectual Property, Frankfurt), Markus Appel (Partner, Environmental & Planning Law, Berlin), Michael Leicht (Partner, TMT, Frankfurt), Luca Rawe (Counsel, Employment, Düsseldorf), Bianca Grujcic (Managing Associate, Antitrust & Foreign Investment, Düsseldorf), Pascal Janssen Jägers (Associate, Tax, Düsseldorf), Laura Dürr (Associate, Employment, Frankfurt), Kilian Wentz (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Frankfurt), Lilianne Bunk (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam), Lena Blaske (Associate, Corporate/M&A, Berlin), Caroline Hengstler (Associate, Intellectual Property, Frankfurt), Charlotte Kieslich (Associate, Intellectual Property, Frankfurt), Julia Tolmach (Associate, Real Estate, Frankfurt), Antonia Mertens (Associate, TMT, Frankfurt), Jonas Baumann (Associate, TMT, Frankfurt), Laura Wiedemann (Associate, Employment, Frankfurt), Marit Jordens (Junior Associate, Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam), Sven van der Niet (Junior Associate, Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam), Malina Winking (Junior Associate, Corporate/M&A, Amsterdam) and Felix Neumann (Legal Project Manager, Frankfurt).