Kirkland Advises Honeywell on Sale of Warehouse and Workflow Solutions Business

Kirkland & Ellis advised Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) on an agreement to sell its Warehouse and Workflow Solutions (WWS) business to American Industrial Partners, an operationally oriented industrials investor. WWS, which generated approximately $935 million in revenue in 2025, is a leading provider of supply chain and warehouse automation projects, services and products. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026 and is subject to customary closing conditions. Terms of the sale were not disclosed. The transaction follows the sale of Honeywell's Productivity Solutions business, which was announced April 20, 2026 following a review of strategic alternatives commenced in July 2025.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Ted Frankel, Allie Wein, Edward Brennan and Alex Romano; technology and IP transactions lawyers Dan Lewis, Todd Herst and Jessie Perlman; tax lawyers Sara Zablotney, Heidi Yuen and Allison Bray; executive compensation lawyers Scott Price and Jabir Yusoff; employment & labor lawyers Madeline Klebanov and Hannah Fraley; employee benefits lawyer Maureen O'Brien; antitrust & competition lawyers Andrea Murino, Noah Pinegar and Daniel Rosenthal; international trade & national security lawyer John Kabealo; real estate lawyer Jennifer Sheehan; environmental transactions lawyer Michael Saretsky; capital markets lawyers Robert Hayward, Sharon Freiman and Ben Richards; debt finance lawyers Melissa Hutson, Charles Kilgore and Conor O'Muiri; and government contracts lawyers Brad Jorgensen and Robert Ryland.