Press Release

Kirkland Advises Industrial Growth Partners on Sale of IOTA Engineering

Kirkland & Ellis LLP represented Industrial Growth Partners, L.P. in the sale of IOTA Engineering, a leading manufacturer of back-up power supply equipment for commercial, industrial and institutional emergency lighting applications, to Acuity Brands, Inc.  More information on the transaction is available here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Hamed Meshki and Luke Guerra and included associates Bianca Levin-Soler and Michael Chung; tax partners Russell Light and Josh McLane and associate Miles Johnson; technology and intellectual property transactions partner Matthew Lovell; executive compensation partner Matt Shiels and associate Kirk Porter; environmental transactions partner Paul Tanaka and associate Michael Mahoney; employee benefits partner Matthew Antinossi and associate Adria Crowe; labor and employment partners Edward Holzwanger and Bryan O’Keefe; real estate partner Roberto Miceli; and antitrust partner Michael Thorpe.