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Broadview Holding to Acquire the Formica Group
- Client News
- December 17, 2018
Paul, Weiss is representing Broadview Holding B.V. in its $840 million acquisition of the Formica Group from Fletcher Building Holdings Limited. Broadview Holding is a Netherlands-based industrial holding company with a focus on materials technology and energy. Formica is a leading provider of branded, designed surfacing solutions with a global presence and production locations in North America, Asia and Europe. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
The Paul, Weiss team included, among others, corporate partners Tarun Stewart and Thomas de la Bastide and counsel Nicholas Smolansky and Corinna Yu; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; tax partner David Mayo; environmental counsel William O’Brien; antitrust counsel Marta Kelly; real estate partner Mitchell Berg; bankruptcy partner Alice Eaton; and litigation partner Aidan Synnott, counsel Rachel Fiorill and Peter Jaffe.