Shearman & Sterling represented GXS in its definitive merger agreement to merge with Inovis. GXS and Inovis expect to close the merger in early 2010, subject to regulatory review.

GXS, based in Gaithersburg, MD, is a leading B2B e-commerce services provider with a strong focus on helping customers optimize their global supply chains through its software-as-a-service (SaaS) and software-based portfolio that includes B2B messaging services, supply chain visibility, product master data management and B2B Gateway software. Alpharetta, Georgia-based Inovis is a leader among B2B Gateway software providers and has a strong portfolio of complementary software and services including managed file transfer, supply chain visibility, product catalog, B2B Gateway and multi-enterprise master data management software.

The Shearman & Sterling team was led by San Francisco-based mergers & acquisitions partners Steve Camahort and Michael Kennedy and included partners Laurence Crouch (Menlo Park-Tax) and Tina Patel (Menlo Park-Intellectual Property), counsel Coleen O'Mara (San Francisco-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), and associates Jared Sams (San Francisco-M&A), Jeffrey Wolf (San Francisco-M&A), Dana Kromm (San Francisco-M&A), Christopher Han (San Francisco-M&A), Danielle Giles (San Francisco-M&A), Jordan Altman (New York-Intellectual Property), Zheng Bao (Menlo Park-Intellectual Property), Timothy Franklin (New York-Intellectual Property) and Erin Efland (New York-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits).