Ashurst and Milbank have advised on a major real estate transaction between Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC) and a consortium of leading global institutional investors.

The deal involved the purchase by an investment partnership involving New York-based Apollo Global Management and a group of other institutional investors of a 49% stake in the wholly owned ADNOC subsidiary, Abu Dhabi Property Leasing Holding Co. (ADPLHC), whose real estate portfolio is valued at $5.5 billion.