Cleary Gottlieb acted as counsel to the underwriters in connection with Total Capital International’s SEC-registered offering of $1 billion 1.500% notes guaranteed by Total S.A. due 2017 and $1 billion 2.875% Guaranteed Notes due 2022. The transaction, which closed on February 17, was managed by BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley.
TOTAL is the fifth largest publicly-traded integrated oil and gas company in the world and a major actor in the chemicals business, with operations in more than 130 countries on five continents.