Shearman & Sterling represented Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as initial purchasers, in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by the Republic of Honduras of $700 million 6.250% notes due 2027. The notes will be listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. 

The deal represented the Republic’s third foray into the US capital markets, after its initial two issues in 2013. 

The Shearman & Sterling team included partner Antonia Stolper (New York-Capital Markets); associates Jeffrey Tate (Washington, DC-Tax), Antonio Herrera Cuevas (San Francisco-Capital Markets) and Kammy Lai (Washington, DC-Tax); and international associate Ana Maria Alpizar (New York-Capital Markets).