Kirkland Advises CRH on $8.5 Billion Acquisition of Arcosa
Kirkland & Ellis advised CRH (NYSE: CRH), the leading provider of building materials, on an agreement to acquire 100% of Arcosa, Inc. (NYSE: ACA) in an all-cash transaction for $150 per share, valuing Arcosa at a total enterprise value of approximately $8.5 billion. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Arcosa is a provider of infrastructure-related materials, products and solutions. The acquisition strengthens CRH as the #1 infrastructure player in North America and reinforces CRH as the leader in U.S. aggregates. The transaction was announced June 22, 2026 and is expected to close in Q1 2027 subject to approval of Arcosa’s shareholders, regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction.
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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Sarkis Jebejian, Keri Schick Norton, Michael Chung, Andrew Norwich, Bo Choi and Christina Kim; capital markets lawyers Bob Hayward, Zoey Hitzert, Pratik Ranjan Das and Connor Dalton; antitrust & competition lawyers Dan Zach, Stephen Mohr, Jeffrey Ayer and Kevin Auman; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Stephanie Jeane and Cassandra Zarate; employment & labor lawyers Jackson Phinney, Alex Clark and Grant Rasmussen; environmental transaction lawyers Michael Saretsky, Gabe Navarro Almario and Julia Kiley; real estate lawyers Jennifer Sheehan and Samara Spiler; and technology & IP transactions lawyers Joanna Schlingbaum and Dan Sotos.
