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.

The Shearman & Sterling team included partners Robert Roberts III (New York-Capital Markets), Don J. Lonczak (Washington, DC-Tax), and Russell Sacks (New York-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory); counsel Jason Pratt (New York-Real Estate/Environmental); and associates Jason Gao (New York-Capital Markets), Yui Le (New York-Capital Markets), Daniel Nicholas (Washington, DC-Tax), Steven Blau (New York-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory) and Laura Mulry (New York-Real Estate/Environmental).