Davis Polk advised Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., KDB Asia Limited, Standard Chartered Bank and UBS AG, Hong Kong Branch as underwriters in connection with a Schedule B debt offering by The Korea Development Bank of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of its 3.5% notes due 2017. The notes are consolidated and form a single class of notes with the $750 million aggregate principal amount of 3.5% notes due 2017 issued on February 22, 2012.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partners Eugene C. Gregor and William F. Barron, associates Tae-Hun Kim and C. Wallace DeWitt, and summer associate Koonho Cho. Partner John D. Paton, counsel Alon Gurfinkel and associate Sarah Joy provided tax advice. Edward Kang was the legal assistant for the transaction. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the Tokyo, Hong Kong, New York and London offices.