The Firm has represented underwriters in 12 public offerings of debt securities by KfW in 2017 (through July 17):~~€5 billion of 0.125% Global Bonds due 2024 (which closed in January 2017)~~$5 billion of 2.125% Global Notes due 2022 (which closed in January 2017)~~$1 billion of 1.25% Global Notes due 2018 (which closed in February 2017)~~€5 billion of 0.625% Global Bonds due 2027 (which closed in February 2017)~~$4 billion of 1.75% Global Notes due 2020 (which closed in March 2017)~~€1.5 billion of 2.125% Global Bonds due 2023 (which closed in March 2017)~~$4 billion of 2.125% Global Notes due 2022 (which closed in April 2017)~~€5 billion of 0% Global Bonds due 2022 (which closed in April 2017)~~$5 billion of 1.625% Global Notes due 2020 (which closed in May 2017)~~€1 billion of 1.5% Global Bonds due 2024 (which closed in June 2017)~~$1 billion of 1.375% Global Notes due 2018 (which closed in June 2017)~~€5 billion of 0.125% Global Bonds due 2024 (which closed in July 2017)~~The lead underwriters for these offerings have varied and have included many of the leading U.S., European and Canadian banks.~~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 Mark Brod, Adam Wollstein, Sven Frode Frølund, Anna Pollak, Jakob Egle and Philipp Nuernberger (Capital Markets); and Meredith B. Jones and Joseph Tootle (Tax).