Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters, Weil Gotshal & Manges, White & Case, Paul Hastings and Norton Rose Fulbright are advising on the £4 billion sale of U.K. defense and aerospace group Cobham to a subsidiary of U.S. private equity giant Advent International.

Cobham is a manufacturer based in Dorset, and employs about 100,000 people making technology and electronic warfare systems for military vehicles.