Shearman & Sterling has advised Abu Dhabi's sovereign weal fund Mubadala Investment on its acquisition of a majority stake in U.S. asset manager Fortress Investment Group from Japan's SoftBank Group, which turned to Morrison Foerster for counsel. Kirkland & Ellis represented Fortress.

Khaitan & Co has advised Brookfield Asset Management on its $1.4 billion sale of two commercial properties in India to a partnership between its locally listed REIT Brookfield India, represented by Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, and Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC, counselled by Trilegal.

Nishimura & Asahi is advising Japanese investment company SBI Holdings on its 154 billion yen ($1.12 billion) takeover bid for its unit SBI Shinsei Bank, which is being represented by Anderson Mori & Tomotsune.

Davis Polk & Wardwell has advised special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Black Spade Acquisition on its merger with Vietnamese electric automaker VinFast, which was represented by Latham & Watkins.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is representing Japanese cargo company Nippon Express Holdings on its planned 100-billion-yen ($743 million) purchase of a majority stake in Austrian logistics company Cargo-Partner, which is being counseled by Schoenherr Attorneys.

Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co. has advised Indian pharmaceutical company Mankind Pharma on its 43.26-billion-rupees ($527 million) IPO on the Bombay Stock Exchange and National Stock Exchange, with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and Sidley Austin acting for the bookrunning lead managers.

Jones Day has advised Japan’s Astellas Pharma on its $5.9 billion acquisition of U.S. drugmaker Iveric Bio, which was represented by Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Thomson Geer is advising Japanese food and beverage maker Kirin Holdings on its A$1.8 billion ($1.2 billion) proposed acquisition of Australian vitamin manufacturer Blackmores, which is being advised by Herbert Smith Freehills.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has advised Indonesia’s PT Telekomunikasi Selular (Telkomsel) on its agreement to merge with its parent Telkom's IndiHome broadband arm to create an entity worth 58.3 trillion rupiah ($3.9 billion). HHP Law Firm acted for Telkom.

Latham & Watkins and Assegaf Hamzah & Partners have advised Indonesian nickel producer PT Merdeka Battery Materials on its 8.75 trillion-rupiah ($586.46 million) IPO on the Indonesia Stock Exchange, with Linklaters acting for underwriters.