Allen & Gledhill has advised on the United Hampshire U.S. REIT’s $394.6 million initial public offering (IPO), with Clifford Chance representing the sponsors and investors.

Latham & Watkins and Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas have advised Indian credit card issuer SBI Cards on its 10,341-crore-rupee ($1.4 billion) IPO, with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Allen & Overy representing the lead managers.

Shearman & Sterling and Bangkok-based The Capital Law Office have advised Thailand’s Central Retail Corporation (CRC) on its 78.1 billion baht ($2.6 billion) initial public offering, with Allen & Overy advising the joint managers.

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and JunHe have represented Chinese sportswear manufacturer Topsports International Holdings on its $1.01 billion initial public offering in Hong Kong, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Haiwen & Partners advising the joint sponsors and underwriters.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Sullivan & Cromwell have advised the Asia-Pacific unit of brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev on its $5 billion IPO on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, with Clifford Chance representing the joint sponsors.

Allen & Gledhill has represented Prime U.S. REIT on its S$813 million ($612 million) IPO on the Singapore Exchange, with Clifford Chance advising the joint bookrunners and underwriters

Clifford Chance, Enolil Loo Advocates & Solicitors, and Albar & Partners have advised Malaysian poultry producer Leong Hup International (LHI) on its $247 million initial public offering (IPO) on Bursa Malaysia, the country's largest offering in almost two years.

Ince & Co has hired three new partners in Hong Kong in the form of Eric Lui, Ian Lo and Alfred Lau. All three join from local firm ONC Lawyers where the first two were partners, and Lau was an associate.

Several cryptocurrency exchanges have moved closer to mainstream markets by buying listed companies, looking to raise funds and present themselves as embedded in the traditional financial services world they once spurned.

Baker McKenzie has advised the Thai government on the 44.7 billion baht ($1.4 billion) initial public offering of the Thailand Future Fund Infrastructure Fund, with Linklaters representing the underwriters and the initial purchasers and Latham & Watkins advising the Expressway Authority of Thailand (EXAT).