Davis Polk – The Korea Development Bank Notes Offering

Davis Polk advised BNP Paribas Securities Corp., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore Branch, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, KDB Asia Limited and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of $750 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.5% notes due 2017.

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DLA Piper Advise Banco Santander S.A. merger with KBC Bank NV in Poland

DLA Piper Poland has been acting as the legal adviser to Banco Santander S.A. (“Santander”), which announced today that it has entered into an investment agreement with KBC Bank NV to combine their Polish banking subsidiaries, Bank Zachodni WBK S.A. (“Bank Zachodni WBK”) and Kredyt Bank S.A. (“Kredyt Bank”).

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Sutherland Energy Trading Practice Continues Growth; Adds Partner Steven H. Scheinman in New York

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is pleased to announce that Steven H. Scheinman has joined the firm as a partner in the Energy and Environmental Practice Group in New York. Mr. Scheinman most recently served as executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer of Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy LLC (LDHE) where he was responsible for all legal, regulatory and compliance matters for the energy trading firm. Prior to LDHE, Mr. Scheinman was a corporate partner in the New York office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

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Bennett Jones Opens a Third Gulf Office

Building on our commitment to serve our clients in the Arabian Gulf region, Bennett Jones has established a legal practice in the Qatar Financial Centre in Doha, Qatar, one of the world’s leading international financial centres. Bennett Jones is the only Canadian law firm licensed by the Qatar Financial Centre Authority. The firm’s expertise in corporate law and energy, oil and gas, aircraft and project financings both conventional and Islamic, commercial transactions, infrastructure and project development, foreign investment and finance, allows us to better serve our clients in Qatar and the Gulf region. The firm also has offices in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.

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