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Symphony Technology Group to Sell First Advantage to Silver Lake

San Francisco – Symphony Technology Group (STG), a private equity firm focused on market-leading data, software and analytics companies, has entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of portfolio company First Advantage, a global leader in background check and drug screening solutions, to Silver Lake.

Paul Hastings advised STG and First Advantage on the transaction, with a team led by partners

 and

Jeffrey Wolf

. The deal team also included partners

Rob Silvers

,

Jim Smulkowski

,

Lindsay Sparks

,

Dan Stellenberg,

of counsel

Michael Wise

 and associates

Evan Griffith

,

Kami LaBarge

,

M’Alyssa Mecenas

,

Lisa Chan

 and

Chris Cruickshank

.

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