Kirkland Advises Honeywell on $1.4 Billion Sale of Productivity Solutions Business

Kirkland & Ellis advised Honeywell (Nasdaq: HON) on an agreement to sell its Productivity Solutions and Services (PSS) business to Brady Corporation (NYSE: BRC), an international manufacturer of identification and protection solutions, for $1.4 billion in an all-cash transaction. The transaction is expected to be completed in the second half of 2026 and is subject to customary closing conditions. The transaction follows the review of strategic alternatives Honeywell commenced in July 2025 for PSS.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Ted Frankel, Allie Wein, Edward Brennan and Alex Romano; technology & 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 M. 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.