Shearman & Sterling represented The Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with its registered offering of $1 billion aggregate principal amount of 2.250% Senior Notes due 2013 and $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.400% Senior Notes due 2015. This offering was The Bank of Nova Scotia's inaugural offering in the United States.

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), Anil Kalia (Menlo Park-Tax) and Christian Kurtz (Toronto-Capital Markets).