Shearman & Sterling is advising Mizuho Bank, Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., on its acquisition of the $36.5 billion US and Canadian loan portfolio of Royal Bank of Scotland Group in a $3.2 billion transaction.

The Mizuho Financial Group is one of the largest financial institutions in the world, offering a broad range of services including banking, trust and securities, and other business related to financial services through its group companies. The group has approximately 55,000 staff working in approximately 880 offices in 38 countries and regions, and total assets of over US$2.2 trillion (as of March 2014).

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