Shearman & Sterling advised Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Bank Plc, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in connection with a $5 billion five-year credit facility for Abbott Laboratories. The Shearman & Sterling team included partner Maura O’Sullivan (New York-Finance), counsel Susan Hobart (New York-Finance) and associate Spencer Barrowes (New York-Finance).