Skadden, Kirkland & Ellis advised on Arclin’s definitive agreement to acquire DuPont’s Aramids business, including the Kevlar® and Nomex® brands, for approximately $1.8 billion.
Skadden is advising DuPont in connection with its announcement that Arclin, a materials science company and manufacturer, has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Dupont’s Aramids business (Kevlar® and Nomex®) in a transaction valuing the business at approximately $1.8 billion. Arclin has received fully committed financing in connection with the transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approval.
M&A partners Brandon Van Dyke, Kyle Hatton and Jonathan Lee are leading the Skadden team.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Arclin, a portfolio company of an affiliate of TJC, L.P., on its definitive agreement to acquire DuPont’s Aramids business, including the iconic Kevlar® and Nomex® brands, for approximately $1.8 billion, and on its related financing commitments.
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Andrew Arons, Oliver Yee, Sagun Poudyal, Deborah Kotkin, Jasmine Zhang, Oseremen Eromosele, Romina Lauper and Amir Farahani; debt finance lawyers Jason Kanner, Andrea Weintraub, Charles Kilgore and Judah Batist; tax lawyers Jared Rusman, Steven Ort and Oliva Chilcott; technology & IP transactions lawyers Matthew Lovell, Adam Petravicius, Joanna Schlingbaum, Aseem Jha, Eliza Holland and Amani Coutinho; environmental transactions lawyers Michael Saretsky, Emily Tabak, Carter Vella and Katherine McKeen; antitrust & competition lawyers Peter McCormack, Philipp Gnatzy, Andrew Schilling and Sophie Vinicombe; employment & labor lawyers R.D. Kohut, Jackson Phinney and Kaitlyn Hodgman; employee benefits lawyers Matthew Antinossi and Jack Amaro; executive compensation lawyers Michael Krasnovsky, Lany Villalobos and Rebecca Arnall; real estate lawyers Lanre Williams, Gina Park Garcia and Michael Kenneally; government contracts lawyers Robert Ryland and Chris Huff; and international trade & national security lawyer Justin Campbell.
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