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12/31/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/31/2025 10:52
Kirkland Advises Arlington Capital Partners-Backed Stellant Systems on Sale to TransDigm Group for $960 Million
Kirkland & Ellis advised Stellant Systems, Inc. and its private equity sponsor Arlington Capital Partners on the proposed sale of Stellant to TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE: TDG) for $960 million. Stellant designs and manufactures vacuum electron devices, solid state power amplifiers and related RF components for the defense, space, medical and industrial markets. TransDigm is a leading global designer, producer and supplier of highly engineered aircraft components. Stellant operates across four U.S. facilities, totaling more than 700,000 square feet of advanced manufacturing space, and employs approximately 950 people. The transaction was announced December 31, 2025 and is expected to close in 2026, subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Douglas Ryder, Michael Chung, Nicholas Friedel and Frank Perez; tax lawyers Sara Zablotney, Steven Cantor and Afshin Khan; international trade & national security lawyers Ivan Schlager, Justin Schenck and Luci Hague; executive compensation lawyers Michael Krasnovsky, Elissa Berdini and Dominique Collins; employment and labor lawyers Christie Alcala and George Cartveli; employee benefits lawyers Maureen O'Brien, Jack Amaro and Amin Hamza; technology and IP transactions lawyers Matthew Lovell, Joanna Schlingbaum, Eric Mayhew and Ugomma Ugwu-Uche; real estate lawyers Roberto Miceli and Connor Paulshock; environmental transactional lawyers Jonathan Kidwell and Thomas Boynton; and antitrust & competition lawyers Andrea Murino, Noah Pinegar, Mariana Fernandez, Michael Thorpe, Katie Ledbetter and Mackenzie Pike.
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