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The Firm represented underwriters in 14 public offerings of debt securities by KfW in 2010:   

•   €3,000,000,000 of 1.875% Global Bonds due 2015 (which closed in November 2010);
•   $4,000,000,000 of 1.25% Global Notes due 2015 (which closed in October 2010);
•   €5,000,000,000 of 2.25% Global Bonds due 2017 (which closed in September 2010);
•   $4,000,000,000 of 2.75% Global Notes due 2020 (which closed in September 2010);
•   $5,000,000,000 of 1.375% Global Notes due 2013 (which closed in July 2010);
•   €5,000,000,000 of 1.25% Global Bonds due 2013 (which closed in June 2010);
•   ¥40,000,000,000 of 0.30% Global Notes due 2013 (which closed in April 2010);
•   €5,000,000,000 of 2.25% Global Bonds due 2015 (which closed in April 2010);
•   $4,000,000,000 of 1.25% Global Notes due 2012 (which closed in April 2010);
•   $3,000,000,000 of 2.625% Global Notes due 2015 (which closed in March 2010);
•   $1,000,000,000 of 1.875% Callable Global Notes due 2013 (which closed in March 2010);
•   $4,000,000,000 of 4.00% Global Notes due 2020 (which closed in January 2010);
•   €5,000,000,000 of 3.625% Global Bonds due 2020 (which closed in January 2010); and
•   $4,000,000,000 of 1.875% Global Notes due 2013 (which closed in January 2010).

The lead underwriters for these offerings have varied and have included most of the "bulge bracket" Wall Street and European firms.

KfW, also known as Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau, is a development bank owned by the Federal Republic of Germany and the German federal states.  KfW serves domestic and international public policy objectives of the German government.

The Simpson Thacher team for these transactions included Glenn M. Reiter, Luc Jansen and Wim De Vlieger (Capital Markets); Meredith B. Jones, Seojung Park and Christian L. Miller (Tax); and Minal Purohit (Paralegal).