Skip to main content

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Lee & Ko have acted on the Korea Development Bank’s debt offering of $500 million 3.5 percent notes due 2017.

The consolidated notes form a single class with the $750 million aggregate principal of 3.5 percent notes due 2017 issued in February this year.

Cleary Gottlieb and Lee & Ko were U.S. and Korean counsel respectively to the Korea Development Bank, while Davis Polk advised the underwriters – Barclays Bank, Citigroup Global Markets, Standard Chartered Bank, KDB Asia and UBS.

Davis Polk corporate partners Eugene Gregor and William Barron led the team in Hong Kong, with assistance from London-based partner John Paton.

Kanishk Verghese is North Asia journalist at ALB. Follow us on Twitter: @ALB_Magazine.

Other related stories:

Related Articles

Oon & Bazul partner trio depart to set up SG disputes boutique

Three partners of Singapore’s Oon & Bazul, led by former commercial arbitration head Suresh Divyanathan, have left the firm to set up a new disputes-focused law firm called Dauntless Law Chambers.

SG: Helmsman launches IP, TMT practices with ex-Lee & Lee partner

Singapore-based law firm Helmsman has launched new intellectual property (IP) and technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) practice groups with the appointment of Basil Lee as associate director.

Japan’s Miura to continue expansion with new Bangkok office

Japanese law firm Miura & Partners has announced plans to open a new office in Bangkok, Thailand, in March 2025, marking its latest move in an aggressive global expansion strategy.