Shearman & Sterling represented the underwriters (led by HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.) in connection with HSBC Bank plc’s global offering of $2 billion of 3.5% senior notes due 2015.

HSBC Holdings plc, the parent company of the HSBC Group, is headquartered in London. HSBC Group serves customers worldwide from approximately 8,000 offices in 88 countries and territories in Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East and Africa. HSBC is one of the world’s largest banking and financial services organizations.

The Shearman & Sterling team of lawyers in the firm's London and New York offices included capital markets partner Richard Price and finance partner Mei Lian and capital markets associates Trevor Ingram and Rob Beard. Partners Bernie Pistillo and Iain Scoon and associate Will Smith advised on tax aspects of the offering.