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A&O Shearman advised on Petrobras’ USD1 Billion notes offering and concurrent tender offer

A&O Shearman advised BofA Securities, Inc., Banco Bradesco BBI S.A., HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as underwriters and dealer managers, in connection with the SEC-registered offering of USD1bn aggregate principal amount of 6.000% Global Notes due 2035 issued by Petrobras’ Dutch finance subsidiary, Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (PGF), and concurrent tender offers of 6 series of PGF`s global notes.

Petrobras is one of the world’s largest integrated oil and gas companies.

The A&O Shearman team consisted of partners Roberta B. Cherman (Capital Markets – São Paulo), Bill Nelson (Capital Markets – Houston), Lorenz Haselberger (Tax – New York), Jennifer Morton (FINRA – NY) and Thomas Donegan (FINRA – London), contract attorney Gabriela Laufer (Capital Markets – São Paulo), and associates Marina Correa (Capital Markets – São Paulo), Daniel Kachmar (Tax – Washington, DC), Wilf Odgers (FINRA – London) as well as visiting attorney Marcello Pompilio (Capital Markets – New York).