Shearman & Sterling represented Symphony Technology Group in its sale of The Capital Markets Company NV (Capco) to Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (FIS) in a transaction valued at approximately $300 million. The closing of the transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals, and the transaction is expected to close by year end 2010.

Symphony Technology Group is a strategic private equity firm with the mission of investing in and building great software and services companies. Capco is a global business and technology consultancy dedicated to the financial services industry. FIS is one of the world’s largest global providers dedicated to banking and payments technologies.

Principal M&A attorneys involved in this transaction are San Francisco-based partner Steve Camahort and associates Christopher Han and Christine Huang. Other Shearman & Sterling attorneys involved in the transaction include partners Beau Buffier (New York-Antitrust), Larry Crouch (Menlo Park-Tax), Kenneth Laverriere (New York- Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), and Tina Patel (Menlo Park-Intellectual Property Transactions); counsel Patricia Kuhn (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits); special associate Kelly Karapetyan (New York-Antitrust); and associates Gloria Jung (New York-Intellectual Property Transactions), Molly Stark (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), Zheng Bao (Menlo Park-Intellectual Property Transactions) and Anil Kalia (Menlo Park-Tax).