Shearman & Sterling is advising SIGMA3 Integrated Reservoir Solutions Corporation (SIGMA3), a Symphony Technology Group company, on its strategic acquisitions of APEX Petroleum Engineering Inc. (APEXPE),APEXHiPoint LLC., (APEXHP) and HiPoint Reservoir Imaging LLC. (HiPoint). Terms of the deals were not disclosed.

SIGMA3 is a leading technology provider for the oil and gas industry, offering a full suite of software, training and products, with expertise in a variety of geophysical services, including Earth Modeling & Imaging, Reservoir Geophysics, Continuous Fracture Modeling, and Geohazard Analysis. APEXPE provides consulting expertise in hydraulic fracture engineering inclusive of onsite treatment supervision and QC, drilling, operations, and well completions engineering. APEXHP delivers real-time microseismic fracture mapping, wellbore seismic imaging, and reservoir characterization technologies and services. HiPoint provides microseismic and borehole seismic data processing analysis and interpretation. Symphony Technology Group is a strategic private equity firm with the mission of investing in and being a partner in building great software and services companies.

The Shearman & Sterling team included partners Steve Camahort (San Francisco-Mergers & Acquisitions) and Dana Kromm (San Francisco-Mergers & Acquisitions), as well as partners Larry Crouch (Palo Alto-Tax) and Samuel Waxman (New York-Intellectual Property Transactions) and associates Christine Huang (San Francisco-Mergers & Acquisitions), Josh Reynolds (San Francisco-Mergers & Acquisitions), Daniel Stellenberg (Palo Alto-Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits), Zheng Bao (Palo Alto-Intellectual Property Transactions), Anil Kalia (Palo Alto-Tax) and Tim Franklin (New York-Intellectual Property Transactions).

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