Shearman & Sterling Advises on $2.25 Billion Financing for Deere & Company

Shearman & Sterling advised Deere & Company, John Deere Capital Corporation and John Deere Bank S.A. as borrowers under a $1.5 billion multiyear credit facility and a $750 million 364-day credit facility arranged by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and a related amendment to the existing $2.5 billion 49-month credit facility.

The Shearman & Sterling team included partners Denise Grant (New York-Project Development & Finance) and Laurence Bambino (New York-Tax) and associates Gaurav Chaudhari (New York-Finance), Doug Jones (New York-Tax) and Brian Carter (New York-Finance).