Latham & Watkins Advises FIS in US$24.2 Billion Sale of Worldpay by FIS and GTCR to Global Payments and US$13.5 Billion Acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions Business

FIS® (NYSE: FIS) (the Company), a global leader in financial technology, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its stake in Worldpay in conjunction with GTCR to Global Payments for US$24.2 billion. Concurrently, FIS has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Global Payments’ (NYSE: GPN) Issuer Solutions business for an enterprise value of US$13.5 billion.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents FIS in both transactions with a corporate deal team led by partners Gary Boss, Charles Ruck, and Leah Sauter, with associates Shanta Chirravuri, Ozden Samur-LaBruna, Emilie Cullen, Jeremie Ruiz, Anny Yang, and Alexis Pinzon, and with assistance from partners Kirsten Gaeta and Christian McDermott. Advice was provided on UK corporate matters by partner Sam Newhouse and counsel Tim Scott, with associate Brett Carr; on tax matters by partners Katharine Moir, Helen Lethaby, and Christine Mainguy; on US compensation and benefits matters by partner Megan Alessi; on UK compensation and benefits matters by partner Sarah Gadd; on Germany compensation and benefits matters by partner Tobias Leder; on capital markets matters by partner Jason Licht; on real estate matters by partners Michelle Kelban and Dara Denberg; on US antitrust matters by partners Makan Delrahim and Caitlin Fitzpatrick and counsel Francesca Pisano; on non-US antitrust matters by partners Simon Pritchard, Héctor Armengod, Jana Dammann de Chapto, and Jonathan Parker; on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters by partner Kevin Chambers; on finance matters by partner Stephanie Teicher; on labor and employment matters by counsel Sandra Benjamin; on sanctions matters by counsel Ruchi Gill; on financial regulatory matters by partners Stuart Davis, Barrie VanBrackle, and Parag Patel; on US intellectual property and data privacy matters by partners Ghaith Mahmood, Clayton Northouse, and Tony Kim, with associate Ryan Clore; on UK intellectual property and data privacy matters by partner Gail Crawford and counsel Alain Traill; and on environmental matters by counsel David Langer.