Shearman & Sterling represented Attenti Holdings S.A. and Francisco Partners in 3M's definitive agreement to acquire Attenti from an investor group, led by Francisco Partners, for a purchase price of $230 million in cash.

Based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Attenti is a leading supplier of remote people monitoring technologies used for a variety of offender monitoring applications, including law enforcement and eldercare applications.

The Shearman & Sterling team was led by partners Michael Kennedy (San Francisco Mergers & Acquisitions) and Steve Camahort (San Francisco-Mergers & Acquisitions) and associate Jeffrey Wolf (San Francisco-Mergers & Acquisitions) and also included partners Don Lonczak (Washington, DC-Tax) and Beau Buffier (New York-Antitrust) and associate Kelly Karapetyan (New York-Antitrust).