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.

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