EVO to be Acquired by Global Payments in $4 Billion Transaction

King & Spalding is advising EVO Payments (NASDAQ: EVOP), a leading payments technology and services provider, on its pending acquisition by Global Payments (NYSE: GPN). Under the agreement, Global Payments will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of EVO for $34.00 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $4 billion. 

A press release announcing the transaction can be found here.

The King & Spalding deal team is led by Keith Townsend, Rob Leclerc, Bill Roche, Zach Cochran, Brett Schroeder, Billy Padula, Hanna Akselrad and John Morris.