Paul Hastings Represents Teleperformance USA in Acquisition of Aegis USA

August 08, 2014

San Diego, CA - Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented global CRM leader Teleperformance USA in the successful completion of the $610 million acquisition of Aegis USA, Inc., a major outsourcing and technology company in the United States, the Philippines and Costa Rica.

Paul Hastings has been outside counsel for Teleperformance S.A. and its subsidiaries for over 20 years and has advised the company on numerous M&A transactions including its acquisitions of Teledatos, Merkafon de Mexico, H-Tel Holdings and AllianceOne Incorporated.

The transaction is expected to boost Teleperformance’s worldwide annual revenue on a pro-forma basis to a total of US$ 4 billion. Paris-based Teleperformance, the worldwide leader in outsourced multichannel customer experience management, serves companies around the world with customer care, technical support, customer acquisition and debt collection programs..

M&A partner Leigh Ryan led the Paul Hastings team, which also included Tax partner Joseph Opich and associates Elizabeth Razzano, Laura McGurty, and Shehzad Huda.

Our Global M&A practice has led some of the most high-profile crossborder and domestic mergers and acquisitions in recent years such as advising WH Group on its US$7.1 billion acquisition of Smithfield Foods in the largest-ever acquisition of a U.S. company by a Chinese firm, Dole Chairman & CEO David H. Murdock on his US$1.6 billion acquisition of Dole Foods, marking the first time in history a company has been taken private twice by the same person, and Gannett Co., Inc., an international media and marketing solutions company, in connection with its acquisition of Belo Corp., a leading broadcast television company with twenty network-affiliated stations, and a related restructuring of Belo broadcast station assets.

Paul Hastings LLP is a leading global law firm with offices in Asia, Europe, and the United States. We provide innovative legal solutions to financial institutions and Fortune 500 companies. Please visit www.paulhastings.com for more information.