Kirkland Represents AEVEX Corp. on Initial Public Offering

Kirkland & Ellis advised AEVEX Corp., a portfolio company of Madison Dearborn Partners' funds and a global leader in cutting-edge unmanned systems, on the pricing of its initial public offering (the offering) of 16,000,000 shares of its Class A common stock at a price to the public of $20.00 per share. In addition, AEVEX has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,400,000 shares of Class A common stock at the initial public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions. The shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on April 17, 2026, under the ticker symbol AVEX.

The Kirkland team included capital markets lawyers Bob Hayward, Michael Keeley, Kevin Frank, Jackson Fountain, Grace O'Connor, Ryan Paulish and Zack Stutler; corporate lawyers Jon-Micheal Wheat, Kevin Stocks, Tyler Kuhn and Sarah Zanola; executive compensation lawyers Steph Matko and Yuchen Xie; tax lawyers Rachel Cantor, Christine Lehman, Natalie Kannan and Taddie Larson; and debt finance lawyers Maureen Dixon, Claire Rokita, Georgie Bierwirth and Marcelo Figueroa.