Shearman & Sterling represented The Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with its registered public offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of investment grade 2.250% Senior Notes due 2013 and $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Senior Notes due 2015. The offering was a reopening of the Bank’s January 2010 offering of $1 billion in aggregate principal amount of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2013 and $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Senior Notes due 2015.

The Bank of Nova Scotia is one of North America’s premier financial institutions and Canada’s most international bank, offering a broad range of products and services to almost 14.6 million customers in some 50 countries around the world.

The Shearman & Sterling team included partners Christopher Cummings (Toronto-Capital Markets), Laurence Crouch (Menlo Park-Tax), and Douglas McFadyen (New York-Tax) and associates Kevin Roggow (Toronto-Capital Markets), Tina Li (Toronto-Capital Markets) and Anil Kalia (Menlo Park-Tax).