Shearman & Sterling acted as counsel to the underwriters represented by BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC in connection with Atmos Energy’s offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.50% Senior Notes due 2041. Atmos Energy Corporation is one of the country’s largest natural gas-only distributors based on number of customers and is engaged primarily in the regulated natural gas distribution and transmission and storage businesses, as well as in other nonregulated natural gas businesses.

The Shearman & Sterling team included partners Lisa Jacobs (New York-Capital Markets) and Don Lonczak (Washington, DC-Tax); counsel Jason Pratt (New York-Real Estate/Environmental); associates Peter Saad (New York-Capital Markets), Fraser Hartley (New York-Capital Markets), Steven Blau (New York-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory) and Christopher Greer (New York-Real Estate/Environmental); international associate Wolfram Prusko (New York-Capital Markets); and summer associates Judy Huang (New York-Capital Markets) and Kenji Amma (New York-Capital Markets).