Clifford Chance (CC), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case are among a raft of firms to have advised on Russia telecoms firm Megafon’s $1.7bn (£1.1bn) initial public offering (IPO) in London and Moscow.

The IPO, which placed yesterday (28 November), followed Megafon’s sale of a 15% stake, valuing the company at $11.1bn (£7bn). Megafon is majority controlled by AF Telecom – the holding company of Russian businessman Alisher Usmanov.