Kirkland & Ellis is advising Communications & Power Industries, a portfolio company of TJC, L.P., on the $1.385 billion sale of its Electron Device business to TransDigm Group Incorporated (NYSE:TDG). The sale was announced on November 9, 2023. CPI's Electron Device business is a leading global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems primarily serving the aerospace and defense industries and includes highly-engineered, proprietary components with significant aftermarket content and a strong presence across major aerospace and defense platforms. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team is being led by corporate partners Andrew Arons and Ned Schultheis and associates Amanda Gottlieb and Chrissy Pak; tax partners Jared Rusman and Adam Arikat; and technology & IP transactions partners Matt Lovell and Joanna Schlingbaum.