30 MAY 2019 Top 10 Headlines | APARNA SAI Latham & Watkins and SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan have advised San Miguel Corporation (SMC) on its $2.15 billion acquisition of Holcim Philippines from LafargeHolcim, with Allen & Overy and Picazo Buyco Tan Fider & Santos representing the mandated lead arrangers and underwriters.
This is the biggest M&A deal in the history of Philippine’s cement industry. According to Bloomberg, SMC, through unit First Stronghold Cement Industries, will buy 5.53 billion common shares of Holcim’s local arm – amounting to more than 85 percent – from entities controlled by LafargeHolcim. This deal marks the completion of LafargeHolcim’s exit from Southeast Asia.
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