Kirkland & Ellis LLP
03/25/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/25/2026 09:04
Kirkland Advises Advent and Cobham Ultra on Sale of Ultra Cyber to Airbus
Kirkland & Ellis is advising Advent and Cobham Ultra, a portfolio company of Advent, on entry into a definitive agreement to sell Ultra Cyber to Airbus Defence and Space, a UK sovereign provider of critical cyber capabilities.
The transaction creates a scale UK sovereign cyber champion and allows Airbus to strengthen its end-to-end cyber portfolio, complementing the existing UK sovereign capabilities of its Cyber business based in Newport, Wales.
The Kirkland team includes corporate lawyers Vincent Bergin and Douglas Collins; technology & IP transactions lawyers Ben Zeris and Calum Parfitt; antitrust and competition lawyer Chris Thomas; and tax lawyers Siv Devakumar and Tomas McGrath.
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