Abstract
The Sacyr/Eiffage case involves two public construction companies, the Spanish Sacyr Villehermoso and the French Eiffage. First, let's introduce those two companies. Sacyr is a leading Spanish construction company based and listed in Madrid. It is publicly traded and part of the IBEX 35, the benchmark stock market index of the Bolsa de Madrid, Spain's main stock exchange. Its shares are currently traded in the Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia Stock Exchanges and in Portugal too. The company was founded in 1986 and named Sacyr in 1991. It acquired 24.5% of Vallehermoso in 2002, a leading housing business in Spain that was founded in 1921. The merger occurred in 2003 to create Sacyr Vallehermoso. Its structure is now composed of several business areas in several divisions: construction with Sacyr, housing with Vallehermoso, concessions with Itinere, property rental with Testa and finally services with Valoriza. Luis del Rivero is the Chairman of the company.
