Shearman & Sterling represented Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and The Bank of Nova Scotia as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunning managers in connection with a $500 million senior secured refinancing for The Kansas City Southern Railway Company.

The Shearman & Sterling team was led by partner Maura E. O'Sullivan (New York-Finance) and included partner Malcolm Montgomery (New York-Real Estate), counsel Benjamin Cheng (New York-Finance) and associates Emeka Chinwuba (New York-Finance), Clara Lim (New York-Tax), Adam Tartakovsky (New York-Real Estate) and Noah Stacy (New York-Finance).