Shearman & Sterling represented The Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with its registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.375% Senior Notes due 2013.

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).