The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Michael V.Blumenthal as a Partner and Vivian M. Arias and Noam Greenberg as Associates in the Firm’s New York office, where they will serve clients in complex business transactions and restructuring and bankruptcy matters. All three attorneys previously were with Crowell & Moring LLP in New York.

Shearman & Sterling represented Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated as the initial purchasers in connection with PSS World Medical, Inc.’s (PSS) private placement of $250 million of its 6.375% Senior Notes due 2022.

Shearman & Sterling represented Barclays Capital Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunning managers and representatives of the several underwriters in connection with the $474 million public offering of common units representing limited partner interests of ONEOK Partners, L.P. (ONEOK). ONEOK is one of the largest publicly traded master limited partnerships and a leader in the gathering, processing, storage and transportation of natural gas in the United States.