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With a secondary listing on the Irish Stock Exchange, Dublin-headquartered global building materials company CRH ranks as the largest listed company in Ireland. Given the nature of its operations, the company has legal counsel in various jurisdictions, but nominators praised the Irish legal team for offering essential support to senior management and showing the commercial awareness required of a large global company. CRH global expansion has been remarkable and many observers credit the legal team with helping it to thrive in a fiercely competitive sector. The company has continued its expansion with a number of recent acquisitions, including the $1.3bn purchase of US glass and glazing products manufacturer CR Laurence, bringing its spending in the last two years to over $7bn following the regular-mandated sell off of assets by LafargeHolcim.