Dewey & LeBoeuf has scored a role on the $955m (£467m) listing of Russian port operator Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP) on the London Stock Exchange.

The deal sees Dewey & LeBoeuf instructed for NCSP on its dual offering on the London market and the Russian Trading System Stock Exchange and MICEX Stock Exchange. London capital markets partner Federico Salinas led the team.

NCSP, which operates Russia's main port on the Black Sea, is a longstanding client of the Moscow office of legacy firm LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae, which merged with Dewey Ballantine on 1 October.

Salinas commented: "This is evidence of a growing number of Russian firms looking to the London market. As a merged firm we are now positioning ourselves to become known for doing this type of work for emerging markets."

The deal, which closed last week, is the largest Russian initial public offering the firm has advised the issuer on.

Linklaters capital markets partner Cecil Quillen and corporate partner Nicola Mayo advised underwriters Morgan Stanley and Troika Dialog.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised JP Morgan as depositary. Moscow corporate partner Mikhail Loktionov led the team.

Meanwhile, the US firm has also advised on another listing for a Russian company. London capital markets partner Louise Bernstein advised real estate development company Eastern Property Holdings on its $153m (£75m) offering on the Swiss Stock Exchange, with Dewey & LeBoeuf advising on English, Russian and US aspects of the transaction.