Crédit Agricole $1.5 billion senior non-preferred callable notes offering
Davis Polk advised the initial purchasers of the U.S. dollar issuance of senior non-preferred callable fixed-to-floating-rate notes by Crédit Agricole S.A. Under its U.S. medium term note program, Crédit Agricole issued $1.5 billion aggregate principal amount of 1.247% senior non-preferred callable fixed-to-floating-rate notes due 2027 under Rule 144A / Regulation S.
Crédit Agricole is the lead bank of the Crédit Agricole Group, which is France’s largest banking group and one of the largest in the world based on shareholders’ equity. Crédit Agricole coordinates the Group’s sales and marketing strategy, ensures the liquidity and solvency of each of the Group’s entities and, through its specialized subsidiaries, designs and manages financial products, including consumer credit, factoring and lease finance.
The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Leo Borchardt and associates Andrew Rowe and Saratu M. Kitchener. Associate Ferdinand Barbé provided French law advice. Members of the Davis Polk team are based in the London and Paris offices.