Allen & Overy (A&O), Allen & Gledhill and Paul Hastings have landed key advisory roles on the $1.3bn (£839m) Singapore IPO of a state-owned real estate investment trust (REIT).

Mapletree Greater China Commercial Trust, a China and Hong Kong-backed division of Mapletree Investments, the property arm of Singapore sovereign wealth fund Temasek Holdings, is to issue 1.7 billion shares at between 88 and 93 Singapore cents.