Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP advised Barclays Capital Inc. as the sole underwriter on an SEC-registered offering by East West Bancorp, Inc. of 12,650,000 shares of its common stock, including 1,650,000 shares purchased under an option granted to the underwriter.

East West Bancorp is a bank holding company, and East West Bank, its principal asset, is a commercial bank headquartered in Southern California.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partners Alan Dean and Luigi L. De Ghenghi, counsel Reena Agrawal Sahni, associates Joana G. Benjamin, Jeannette K. Safi and Carmen E. Atkins and summer associate Daniel N. Borlack. Partner Samuel Dimon and associate Michael Bretholz provided tax advice. Associate Ann Becchina provided employee benefits advice. All members of the Davis Polk team are based in the New York office, except for Ms. Atkins who is based in Menlo Park.