Industrials
Paul, Weiss's Industrials practice serves as trusted counsel to market-leading companies and investors across critical sectors, including aerospace and defense, automotive, chemicals, construction materials, and manufacturing, among others. In an era of unprecedented industrial transformation, we combine sector expertise with sophisticated commercial insights to help our clients capitalize on emerging opportunities and navigate complex challenges. We offer our clients a full suite of capabilities needed to consummate the most intricate transactions, including preeminent capital markets, finance, tax, executive compensation and intellectual property capabilities. Highlighted by our track record in landmark transactions, combined with our commercial acumen and deep experience, makes us the go-to law firm for industrial companies navigating transformative deals.
Our global reach extends across complex, multi-party industrial transactions spanning diverse jurisdictions. Known for the handling of intricate cross-border matters, we navigate challenging regulatory landscapes within the industrials sector while crafting solutions that align with both local requirements and transaction objectives.
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Recent Engagements
- Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management in their $8.1 billion take-private acquisition of Univar Solutions
- Aptiv in the formation of a $4 billion autonomous-driving joint venture with Hyundai Motor Group and its $4.3 billion acquisition of Wind River from TPG Capital
- Carrier Global Corporation in its €12 billion acquisition of Viessmann Climate Solutions; its $4.95 billion sale of its global access solutions business to Honeywell; its $3.1 billion sale of its Chubb fire and security business to APi Group Corporation; the $3 billion sale of its commercial and residential fire business to an affiliate of Lone Star Funds; its $1.425 billion sale of its Industrial Fire business to Sentinel Capital Partners; and the sale of its global commercial refrigeration business to Haier
- Crestview Partners and TenCate Grass Holding B.V. in the sale of a majority stake in TenCate to Leonard Green & Partners
- General Electric in the spin-offs of GE Healthcare and GE Vernova and the launch of GE Aerospace; in the $30 billion combination of its jet leasing unit, GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), with AerCap Holdings; in the $21.4 billion sale of its biopharma business to Danaher; and GE Capital in the sale of PK AirFinance to Apollo Global Management and Athene Holding
- General Motors in its $3.45 billion acquisition of SoftBank Vision Fund’s equity ownership stake and assumption of Softbank’s investment obligation in the autonomous vehicle joint venture Cruise; and in its acquisition of the remaining ownership stake of Cruise
- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- The independent directors of Harris Corporation in its $37 billion merger of equals with L3 Technologies, and Harris in the sale of its government IT services business to Veritas Capital
- Honeywell in its spin-off of Garrett Motion, Honeywell's former Transportation Systems business
- Intertape Polymer Group in its $2.6 billion sale to an affiliate of Clearlake Capital Group
- KPS Capital Partners in the $4.4 billion sale of its portfolio company Howden to Chart Industries
- L3Harris Technologies in the $1 billion sale of its airport security and automation business to Leidos Holdings
- Lehigh Hanson, the U.S. affiliate of HeidelbergCement, in its $2.3 billion sale of its U.S. West region business to Martin Marietta Materials and in its acquisition of Corliss Resources
- Oak Hill Capital in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Technimark Holdings and its acquisition of Berlin Packaging
- Perspecta in its $7.1 billion sale to Peraton and Veritas Capital
- Resolute Forest in its $2.7 billion sale to The Paper Excellence Group through the Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Domtar Corporation
- Stellex Capital Management in its acquisition of ICS Holding
- Strategic Value Partners in its $1.125 billion acquisition of Revelyst Partners
- Teck Resources Limited in the $9 billion sale of its steelmaking coal business, Elk Valley Resources, to Glencore and Nippon Steel Corporation
- Trane Technologies in the $15 billion Reverse Morris Trust spin-off and merger of its industrial business with Gardner Denver Holdings
- WestRock in its $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, creating Smurfit WestRock, a global leader in sustainable packaging
