Latham & Watkins Advises One Equity Partners and Warburg Pincus on US$2.1 Billion Sale of Eco Material Technologies to CRH

One Equity Partners, a leading middle market private equity firm, Warburg Pincus, the pioneer of global growth investing, and Green Cement Investments announced an agreement to sell Eco Material Technologies to CRH (NYSE: CRH) for a total consideration of US$2.1 billion. Eco Material Technologies is a leading independent supplier of Supplementary Cementitious Materials in North America.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents One Equity Partners, Warburg Pincus, and Eco Material Technologies in the transaction with a New York-based corporate deal team led by private equity M&A partners Alex Kelly and Christopher Cross and counsel Julian Azran, with associates Rachel Klein and Blake Clevenger, and capital markets partner Senet Bischoff. Advice was provided on tax matters by New York partner Matthew Dewitz, with associate Shiyi Parsons; on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Century City partner Aron Potash, with associates Georgia Bellett and Anna Dykema; on benefits and compensation matters by Washington, D.C. partner Adam Kestenbaum, with associate Bryce Williamson; on employment matters by Chicago partner Nineveh Alkhas, with associates Jenny Bobbitt and Jocelyn Wexler; on compliance matters by Washington, D.C. partner Erin Brown Jones, with associate Ragad Alfaraidy; on data privacy matters by Houston/Austin partner Robert Brown, with associate Brianna Gordon; on intellectual property matters by Washington, D.C. partner Morgan Brubaker, with associate Daniel Donovan; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partner Jason Cruise, with associate Joseph Cartledge; on funds regulatory matters by Chicago partner Laura Ferrell; and on finance matters by associates Max Fin and Josh Haberl.