Shearman & Sterling advised Brazilian bank Banco do Brasil on U.S. law in a $1.4 billion secondary share offering, while Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton represented the underwriters.

The government-controlled Banco do Brasil, the largest bank in Brazil by assets, and shareholder FI-FGTS sold 132 million common shares in a $1.4 billion offering that closed Tuesday. The bank has a Miami office.